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Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Business and Economics

Graduate Certificate in Pharmacoeconomics

Course code: 2681 + Course abbreviation: GradCertPharmEc + Total credit points required: 24 + 3 semesters part-time + Off-campus (Gippsland)
Course director: Associate Professor A Harris

Course description

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.

Fees

This course is offered on a fee-paying basis:

The fees quoted are provided as a guide only and are subject to final approval by the university late in 2004.
For future years of the course, Monash University reserves the right to adjust annual tuition fees. However, Monash University undertakes that any adjustment factor will not exceed 10% per annum.

Course structure

Students must complete four core units (24 credit points):

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