HERC Short Course: Online Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation, 07-08 June 2022
The course is the starting point for anyone involved in the healthcare sector or in health services who needs to be introduced to the language of economics and economic evaluation. It explains how economists evaluate the costs and benefits of health interventions, and how health economics is used by decision makers in the health services and in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries.

No previous knowledge of economics is required, but for those who do have some general knowledge of health economics, or economic evaluation, it will serve as an introduction to the Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis course.

Modules will comprise of a mix of pre-recorded lectures, practical exercises to reinforce the presentations, and live sessions with tutors to go over exercises and to provide an opportunity for questions.

Access to the online course materials including the pre-recorded lectures, exercises and other supporting documents will be provided two weeks in advance of the live sessions (14:00 – 15:30 Tuesday 07 & Wednesday 08 June) .

The lectures and practical exercises can be viewed and worked through at a time convenient to participants before the live sessions take place.
Date: 7 June 2022, 14:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Virtual, via Zoom
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department: Health Economics Research Centre
Organiser: HERC Admin Team (Nuffield Dept of Population Health)
Organiser contact email address: herc@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Host: Health Economics Research Centre (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-courses
Cost: Various fees
Audience: Public
Editor: Teresa Day