Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate, Postgraduate - Unit

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.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• techniques applied to the evaluation of health services and programs
• theoretical debates over discounting, decision criteria, and the measurement of both costs and the quality of life.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Tony Harris

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

ECC4650