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
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
Handbook for Economics Lecturers
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