Module Aims
The Health Economics module covers the foundation of Economics in the health care context. The module analyses the main principles of micro economics, their application to health care and discusses the particular nature of health as an economic good. Great attention is given to the efficiency and equity issues, and their application to health care. The main solutions that address the market imperfections are discussed. The module also includes two lectures on economic evaluation in health care and you are required to do your own assessment using an economic evaluation framework.
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Assessment
A group project consisting of an economic evaluation, and an MCQ final exam.