3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023149ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Public Health Sciences
Educational team
Koen Putman (course titular)
Amber Werbrouck
Activities and contact hours

15 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The course consists of following themes:

 

  1. Introduction to health economics
  2. Basis principles in a health economic evaluation
  3. Measuring and valueing effects
  4. Basis principle of cost analysis
  5. Clinical studies in health economic evaluations
  6. Economic evaluation using decision-analytic modelling (decision trees & Markov models)
  7. Identifying, reporting and interpreting uncertainty
  8. Critical appraisals of health economic evaluations
  9. Belgian guidelines for health economic evaluation

 

Theoretical concepts in the abovementioned themes are made insightful using examples relevant in a biomedical sciences’ context;

The practical sessions consist of integrated exercises addressing the various aspects in the lectures. The practical sessions are mainly made in Microsoft Excel.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Slides, teksten en Excel oefeningen
Handbook (Recommended) : Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, Drumond et al, 4de, 2015, 9780199665884, 2015
Additional info
  • Study material consists of slides, texts and Excel exercises that are provided on the online learning platform.
  • The course is based on the Drummond et al. 2015 handbook, "Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs." This book is not required to purchase but is an excellent supplement to the course.
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

  • The student understands the basic principles of health economics and health economics methods and is able to translate these into concrete applications within the domain of biomedical sciences.
  • The student is able to work out an economic evaluation of new technologies and to apply and interpret the appropriate evaluation methods.
  • The student is able to assess the quality of publications of health economics studies, to comment on them and to make the translation to the Belgian context.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The closed book written examination comprises theoretical aspects as well as exercises.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biomedical Sciences: Management and Business (only offered in Dutch)