ECC4990 - Economic evaluation of health services
6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate, Postgraduate Faculty of Business and Economics
Leader: Mr Anthony Harris
Offered
Clayton Second semester 2009 (Day)
Australia (Other) Second semester 2009 (Off-campus Evening)
Synopsis
Principles and techniques used in the economic evaluation of health services. Topics include effectiveness, efficiency and economic evaluation; cost benefit analysis; cost effectiveness and cost utility analysis; multi-attribute utility analysis; measuring utility; psychometric measurement theory; ethical issues in resource allocation; decision criteria; time discounting; costing.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
Prerequisites
01 December 2008
02 December 2008