Health Econometrics and Policy Evaluation Course
Booking required; last date for bookings 9th October 2022
Aimed at PhD, MPhil and MD students, researchers, NHS professionals, healthcare professionals (GPs, nurses, physicians, etc.), managers, CEOs interested in pursuing a high-stake career in the field, this programme provides an introduction to the central issues in health economics and health policy.
The course will cover: Health policy and economic principles and the distinction between health and health care. Health care as an economic commodity. Incentive mechanisms and principal-agent relationships in health care. Hospital competition and Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) payment schemes. Economic evaluation. Policy evaluation on real data. The course will combine theory and applied methods using case studies and data analysis.
Consideration is given to standard regression-based approaches, instrumental methods, interrupted time series, difference-in-differences and matching methods using statistical packages for health data.
The course will provide an understanding of the software Stata package and its use for health data. The course is 2 full days of teaching and 1 day of practical exercises using Stata.
Date: 17 October 2022, 9:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Radcliffe Primary Care, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Speaker: Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Organiser: Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation)
Organiser contact email address: catia.nicodemo@economics.ox.ac.uk
Host: Catia Nicodemo (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. Research Fellow, Centre for Health Service Economics & Organisation)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-and-events/nuffield-department-of-primary-care-health-sciences/events/health-econometrics-and-policy-evaluation-course-oct-2022
Cost: Students: £300 2 days or £350 for 3 days including Stata training. Others: £500 2 days or £5500 for 3 days including Stata training
Audience: Public
Editor: Stuart Redding