Learning Outcomes:
1) Recognize that HTA has a role in the decision-making process to fund new medical programs, new drugs or medical devices and differentiate between affordability and cost-effectiveness.
2) Critically appraise a Health Technology Assessment TA document or a health economic evaluation, including sources of costs, sources of effectiveness, and measures of effectiveness or utility.
3) Understand simple disease-modelling approaches and cost of illness methods.
Indicative Module Content:
Health FInancing, cost containment methods and pros and cons of HTAs as a decision-making tool
Elements of a Health Technology Assessment
Types of Health Economic Evaluations ( Cost-effectiveness analysis, Cost-utility analysis and Cost-benefit analysis)
Cost sources, Effectiveness sources, Health utility sources
Types of models and assumptions. Decision tree models using excel and simple Markovs' models.
Budget Impact Analysis