313.630.01
Economic Evaluation I

Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd 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)
Gregory de Lissovoy
Contact Name
Greg Delissovoy
Contact Email
gdelisso@jhsph.edu
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
The first in a three course sequence, students secure a solid foundation in economic evaluation and specifically cost-effectiveness analysis. Students construct a basic decision tree, perform a one-way (univariate) sensitivity analysis, and present the results in a tornado diagram
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. identify the cost-effectiveness paradigm, the cost-effectiveness plane and its use for ranking alternatives in league tables and expansion paths
  2. describe the role of modeling in economic evaluation
  3. identify economic costs and their sources
  4. define basic measures of "effect" (natural units, QALYs, DALYs)
Multiterm
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this course
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Consent Contact
gdelisso@jhsph.edu
Jointly Offered With
International Health