Other resources for Health Economics
Online Text
Health Knowledge: Health Economics by David Parkin, hosted by the Department of Health
Teaching Aids
EQ-5D index calculator.xls This is a simple tool that can be used in lectures to demonstrate the value sets available around the world for the EQ-5D - provided by Agota Szende, Nancy Devlin and Mark Oppe of the EuroQol Group.
Bootstrap example.xls A simple spreadsheet demonstration of how bootstrapping is used to generate confidence intervals for cost effectiveness ratios - provided by Ken Buckingham, 2007.
Data
An excellent data set is available free from the United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report. (Download the "Statistical tables" spreadsheet). Students can readily use this data (eg. to examine for themselves the relationship between health care spending and GDP per capita)
Worksheets
Two Word documents produced by the Economics Network as part of the Mathematical Case Studies for Economists project. Author: Stephen Heasell, Nottingham Trent University.
- Counting the cost of effective health policy
- Measuring health improvements for a cost effectiveness analysis
Doctoral seminars
This initiative is led by PhD students. Our aim is to provide web-based meetings for doctoral researchers in health economics. We invite oral presentations on work-in-progress from PhD students conducting research with a focus on health economics. This is a distinctive opportunity to interact with colleagues with no travel time or costs. The meetings will encourage high quality, and positive academic feedback, and create opportunities for developing new and lasting collaborations.
1st Speaker: Chris Skedgel, PhD student
1st Speaker: Christian Boehler, PhD student
Useful links
Online teaching materials on health economics - provided by the Office for Health Economics (OHE)
The health economics resource page - a guide to online resources for MSc students provided by Nancy Devlin and David Parkin, City University
