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313.632.01
Economic Evaluation III

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
W, F, 10:30 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
John Bridges
Contact Email
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

313.631, Economic Evaluation II

Description
Provides students with an overview of the increasingly important role of stated-preference methods within economic evaluation. Specifically focuses on the measurement of the priorities and preferences of patients and other stakeholders in public health and demonstrates how results can be used to inform policy – both in the US and internationally. Introduces students to a range of stated-preference methods (including conjoint analysis, discrete-choice experiments, best-worst scaling and contingent valuation) and will explore modern approaches for developing policy-relevant metrics, including estimating healthy-years-equivalents (HYE), maximal-acceptable risk (MAR), and willingness-to-pay (WTP). Students develop a working knowledge of these methods through a diverse set of case studies, brief assignments and a group project.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe a variety of stated-preference method and how they might be used in economic evaluation to inform health policy, both in the U.S. and internationally
  2. Appropriately use stated-preference methods to create policy-relevant metrics, including estimating healthy-years-equivalents (HYE), maximal-acceptable risk (MAR), and willingness-to-pay (WTP)
  3. Independently design, implement, analyze and report on an application of stated-preference methods to a policy-relevant topic in public health
Jointly Offered With