This intensive 2-day online course offers a comprehensive overview of health economics and policy assessment. Designed for PhD students, researchers, health professionals, administrators, and executives, it provides crucial skills for data-driven health policy roles.

The curriculum covers theoretical foundations and practical applications, blending lectures, case studies, and hands-on data analysis using Stata software. Participants will learn to apply health economic tools to real-world decisions and interventions.

This comprehensive program is designed to equip PhD, MPhil, and MD students, researchers, NHS professionals, healthcare practitioners (GPs, nurses, physicians, etc.), managers, and CEOs with a profound understanding of the essential concepts and principles in health economics and health policy.

Key Topics Covered:

Health policy and economic principles: Understanding the distinction between health and health care.
Health care as an economic commodity: Analyzing health care from an economic perspective.
Incentive mechanisms and principal-agent relationships in health care: Unraveling the complexities of health care systems.
Hospital competition and Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) payment schemes: Assessing their impact on healthcare services.
Economic evaluation: Examining the economic aspects of health interventions.
Policy evaluation on real data: Analyzing existing health policies using data-driven methods.
Course Structure:
This two-day intensive course will combine theory and applied methods using real-world case studies and data analysis. Participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience during a dedicated day of learning and familiarization with the software Stata, which is commonly used for health data analysis.