Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) programme

Health Economics: Annual lectures delivered to Year 1 and Year 4 MBChB students. The lectures provides a general introduction to health care spending, the issue of resource scarcity and the relevance of choice in the health sector.  Next, it introduces the concept of economic evaluation in terms of cost effectiveness analysis, and discusses how decisions are made within the NHS on allocating scarce health care resources, drawing on real life examples. The Health Economics lectures are delivered by Peter Hall and Elizabeth Lemmon.

MSc in Clinical Trials

Introduction to Health Economics and Applied Health Economics: Online module led by Katharina Diernberger. The course provides students with a grounding in the key concepts of health economics and their practical implications for medical decision making. The relevance of these concepts for specific resource allocation problems in Health Care/Public Health will be analysed and evaluated. The course will touch on international variations in health system funding arrangements, health system resources in a UK context before focusing on consumer and producer behaviour in health and healthcare, opportunity cost in health systems, assessing value in healthcare and public health, and economic evaluation of health technologies within clinical trials.

Master of Public Health (MPH) (on-campus and online)

Introduction to Health Economics and Resource Allocation: Module offered as part of the on-campus MPH. The course provides a grounding in the key concepts of health economics. Topics covered include the international variations in health system funding arrangements, health system resources in the UK context, consumer and producer behaviour in health and healthcare, opportunity cost in health systems, assessing value in healthcare and public health, and economic evaluation of health technologies and public health interventions. The module is led by Aileen Neilson.

Fundamentals of Health Economics: Online MPH module also led by Aileen Neilson. This course aims to equip students with key concepts of health economics, their application to practice and a critical understanding of how the allocation of scare resources is central to public health.

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