Offered
Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)
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
ECC4650
