Short course

Designing Economic Evaluation Alongside Clinical Studies

Overview

A one day course run by the Health Economics Unit within the Centre for Health Policy providing an overview of economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials and other studies, with a particular focus on the design and practical aspects.

Who is this course designed for?

Researchers undertaking trials, investigators, managers, and others involved in clinical trials.

Pre-requisites

There are no formal prerequisites, although we recommend that participants have previously attended our Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health course.

Course dates

Registration is at 8:45am for a 9:00am start with the formal program finishing at 4:30pm but the presenters will make themselves available until 5pm to talk with the participants about their particular projects

Dates: 2024 course dates will be listed here once available or please contact us and we will advise once this information is available at health-economics@unimelb.edu.au

Course outline

This one day course will provide an overview of cost effectiveness analysis and examples of economic evaluations that have been conducted of trials.  Practical information on methods for prospectively collecting costs and outcomes data through administrative data linkage and patient surveys will be provided.  It will also explain the techniques used to analyse economic data and illustrate this through examples.  Issues covered in this course include:

  • Economic evaluation alongside trials
  • Analysing health economic data
  • Methods to assess quality of life and input of clinical outcomes in cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Extrapolation, modelling and capturing uncertainty
  • Collecting relevant cost data
  • Economic evaluation reporting standards

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Application procedure

Applications for courses can be filled out online via eCart.

Price: $450 (early bird),  $560 Normal rate (non-early bird, less than eight weeks before the course)

Applications close the day before the course date.

Further Enquiries:

E: health-economics@unimelb.edu.au
Ph: +61 3 8344 9111

Payment is via the University’s eCart

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Entry requirements

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There are no formal prerequisites, although we recommend that participants have previously attended our Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health course.