Learn to Apply the Tools of Economic Evaluation to Health Care (Toronto)

York University's School of Analytic Studies and Information Technology
(SASIT)is offering a course on the uses of economic evaluation in health
care. The course meets Wednesday evenings starting September 12th and
ending in early December. The course is open to all and has no
prerequisites other than an interest in the evaluation of health care and
a willlingness to learn/work

Contact Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> for further information

ECON3520 3.0A - ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN HEALTH CARE
FALL 2001 - Wednesday Nights 7:00-10:00pm
York University Keele Campus, 4700 Keele Street
Room Ross Building South 105 (RS105)
(Course Catalogue Number: 802501)

Text: M.S. Marzouk, An Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Health Care:
Methods and Case Studies, Toronto, Canada: APF Press, 2001 [ ISBN
1-894490-03-7 ; RA410.M37 2001; 338.4'33621 ; C2001-902411-8] . The Text,
plus a packet of seven journal articles, will be available in the York
University Campus Bookstore

ABOUT THE COURSE: Economic analysis is plays a critical role in the
planning and evaluation of health care delivery. Physicians, nurses,
health administrators, organisations, communities, patients and families
are all concerned with the delivery of appropriate and quality care in an
environment of competing claims against resources. There is a greater need
than ever to develop an understanding of how the tools of economic
appraisal are applied to policy, planning and evaluation in the health
care delivery sector.

This course introduces you to the tools of analytical and quantitative
economics to evaluate various health care policies, programs and projects
(screening and immunisation programs, alternative health care therapies,
new medical technologies, pharmaceutical products, etc.). The course has a
significant applied component with case studies from the literature. The
course uses a systematic and structured step-by-step approach through the
concepts and applications of various evaluation methods to provide a
through understanding of how health care economic appraisal is conducted.

Course Objectives are:

Training in the application of techniques of economic analysis to policy,
project and delivery evaluation and decision making in the health care
field.

Understanding clinical economic evaluation and being able to conduct
preliminary evaluative economic research on health policy, projects,
programs and delivery.

This course should interest you if you are a major in economics or another
discipline with an interest either in health care or in applied economic
evaluation techniques. The course should interest you if you are a
professional in the health care field.

* How do you evaluate the effects of a needle exchange program - aimed at
  reducing HIV and the spread of AIDS?
* How do you use economic evaluation in the pricing and marketing of a new
  hypertension drug?
* What are the benefits and costs of different approaches for the control
  of diabetes in the population?
* How do you evaluate the resulting savings in health costs, or the
  benefits in life-years gained?
* How do you decide if you should use blanket population screening or only
  screen those at risk, or most susceptible to gain according to age, genetic
  disposition, health or dietary habits?

For further information contact the Course Director, Prof. Sam Lanfranco,
by phone at: (416) 736-2100, ext. 33235, by email at: [log in to unmask], or
by fax at (416) 946-1087

see: http://calendars.registrar.yorku.ca/calendars/2001-2002/atkinson.htm