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SHORT COURSE
ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN HEALTH CARE
NOVEMBER 1st-3rd 2000
LOCATION. Missenden Abbey Management Centre, Buckinghamshire
CONTENT. This is the 12th course to be run by Brunel University's Health Economics
Research Group (HERG) on economic evaluation in health care. This introductory
course will cover seven main areas:
* Alternative types of economic evaluation
* Costing for economic evaluation
* Outcome measurement for economic evaluation
* Data sources: trials versus models
* Dealing with uncertainty
* Designing an economic evaluation
COURSE FACULTY. The course faculty comprises:
Prof Martin Buxton (Course chair)
Dr Jackie Brown
Dr Julie Ratcliffe
Jonathan Karnon
Andrew Davies (Course convenor)
COURSE METHODS. These will include presentations, syndicate group exercises,
group discussions, a video and interactive computer software. Participants will be
encouraged to bring projects from their own areas of work to contribute to the study
design exercises.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The course is intended for a wide range of people working
in the health care industry who need to understand the methods and results of
economic evaluation. Previous course participants have included: from the NHS,
purchasers, pharmaceutical advisors, R & D managers, clinicians involved with
research, and pharmacists; a range of professionals from the pharmaceutical and
medical device industries have also attended. No previous experience in health
economics is required.
COST. Including two nights accommodation and all meals, as well as the three day
course:
Public sector: 795 pounds sterling
Commercial sector: 1295 pounds sterling.
WHAT TO DO NEXT. Further details are available on the HERG web site at:
www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/herg/shortcourse.html
Booking forms are available from:
Nicky Dunne or Karen Arnold
Health Economics Research Group
Brunel University
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 3PH
Tel. 01895 203331
Fax. 01895 203330
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