Course code: 2681 + Course abbreviation: GradCertPharmEc + Course
director: Mr A Harris + Offered by off-campus distributed learning from the
Victorian College of Pharmacy, Parkville campus and the Centre for Health
Program Evaluation + Normally completed in two semesters of part-time
study
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the economics of
pharmaceuticals in health care systems. The course provides the skills
necessary to apply economic analysis to the broad issues of industry
development as well as the specific skills to: prepare a cost-effectiveness
analysis of a drug; apply economic modelling to support the inclusion or
exclusion of a drug on a national or hospital formulary; design a clinical
trial to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of drugs; and apply
methods of evaluating health and non-health outcome of drug use.
Applicants require a pass degree or an equivalent qualification from a
recognised tertiary institution. This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should
refer to the Centre for Continuing Education (Victorian College of Pharmacy) as
to the 2002 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are
therefore subject to change.
The course consists of four core units:
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