Duration
20h Th
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) (Transitional programme) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Part I - Background
Some preliminary definitions. The healthcare costs. The stakeholders (patients, physicians, manufacturers, regulatory agencies, HTA agencies, insurers or "payers").
Part II - Elements of Analysis
Basic concept in pharmacoepidemiology, statistical analysis and econometrics.
Introduction to assessments of quality of life, patient-reported outcomes and decision analysis.
Cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-utility analysis.
Elements of modeling (Markov chain, simulation, probabilistic sensitivity analysis).
Discussion of concrete examples from the literature.
Discussion of the assumptions and limitations of cost-benefit analyses.
Part III - To go further
Introduction to budget impact and public health impact models.
Introduction to multicriteria decision analysis.
Introduction to new forms of risk-sharing contracts and conditional reimbursement.
A few words about the emergence of new information and communication technologies in medicine and public health.
Part IV - Exam Preparation
General summary, corrections of exercises, answers to questions about the course and general review for the exam.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To acquire the key analytical and modeling methods to support medico-economic decision making
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
-16 hours of lecture, with concrete illustrations
- 2 hours of exercise
- 2 hours of revision and exam preparation
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face sessions
Recommended or required readings
Course notes and transcripts
Written exam (2 hours)
Work placement(s)
None
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
None
Contacts
Olivier ETHGEN
o.ethgen@uliege.be
+32 471 58 30 10