Two-day course on
Statistical Methods for Health Economics Evaluation
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Date: 9th and 10th June 2004
Place: MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, UK
Full details of the course and registration information are available at
http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/healthecon
Course aims
* To make participants familiar with concepts and the range of statistical
methods used in health economic evaluation
* To introduce methods relevant to longer-term economic modelling and
policy issues
Target audience
* Statisticians and other quantitative scientists (modellers,
epidemiologists, regulators, public health specialists)
* No experience in health economic methods, or of specialist software,
will be assumed
Faculty
* Lecturers from the MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge:
o Dr David Spiegelhalter
o Dr Linda Sharples
o Dr Richard Nixon
o Prof Simon Thompson
o Dr Sheila Bird
* All have published recent articles in the area of health economic
assessment.
Course structure
* A 2-day course gives the opportunity for participants to get to grips
with new concepts and methods.
* Lectures will be informal, allowing plenty of time for interaction and
questions.
* Computer-based practical sessions are an important component of the
course. These provide motivation, help understanding, and allow the
lecturers to talk one-to-one with participants about the issues that
concern them. The packages used will be Crystal ball (an Excel add-on),
R (an S-plus clone) and WinBUGS (a generic MCMC modelling package).
* All computing practicals will be based on running pre-arranged code, and
no prior knowledge of specialist software will be assumed.
* Paper copies of the lectures and practicals will be made available to
participants at the beginning of the course.
Website:http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/healthecon
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Dr. Richard Nixon
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, UK
http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/personal/richard
Tel: +44 (0)1223 330382, Fax: +44 (0)1223 33038
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