Teaching slides for Health Economics

Resources provided here have been provided by the academics indicated. You are welcome to use these in your own teaching, but copyright remains with the originating academic and their institution in each case, and the source of the material should always be clearly acknowledged.

For Undergraduate Economists

Introduction to health economics Animated Figures to accompany Chapter 1 of Economic Analysis in Health Care by Morris Devlin and Parkin (2007) (reproduced from the book's companion website with permission from Wiley).

Many US universities choose to provide their teaching resources on open-access websites. An example of this is Professor Vivian Ho's 4th year course at Rice University. Follow the links in Professor Ho's course outline for Health Economics (Econ481) to view powerpoint slides for all lectures.

Health Economics undergrad option, Richard Smith, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine:

• "Globalization and Health"
• "Externalities and Health"
• "Public Goods and Health"
• "The Economics of AMR"

PowerPoint presentation for a July 2009 lecture in Globalization and Health: Health Worker Migration. John Ashmore, University of Cape Town

For Masters Economists

Economics of Market for Medicines Powerpoint slides for a 2-3 hour lecture - provided by Jon Sussex and Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz of the Office for Health Economics, London, 2007. Note: the last slide of this presentation provides a useful list of readings on this subject.

Valuing Health Powerpoint slides for a 2-3 hour lecture on methods of valuing benefits in health and health care - provided by Adam Oliver at LSE, 2007

MSc Health Economics (for non-economists), Richard Smith, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine:

• "Economics, Health and Health Economics"
• "Key Economic Concepts"
• "Ethics, Equity and Economics"
• "Rationing in Health Care"
• "Measurement and valuation of health"
• "Defining and Assessing Benefits for Economic Evaluation"
• "The NHS: its organisation and structure"
• "Health Care Reform and the NHS"
• "Resource Allocation and 'The Market' "

For Medical Students

Health Economics for Prescribers, Richard Smith, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine:

• Lecture 1, "Economics, Health and Health Economics"
• Lecture 2, "Pharmaco-economic evaluation - research question"
• Lecture 3, "Pharmaco-economic evaluation - resources and costs"
• Lecture 4, "Pharmaco-economic evaluation - benefits and outcomes"
• Lecture 5, "Pharmaco-economic evaluation - analysis and results"

MSc Public Health, Richard Smith, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine:

• Agency, supplied-induced demand and provider incentives

"Health Economics and Anti-Microbial Resistance", 2004 lecture by Richard Smith, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Other (eg. "guest" lectures to non-specialists)

Principles and methods of economic evaluation 3-hour introductory lecture for NHS Finance Directors - provided by Nancy Devlin, City University, 2007.

At Johns Hopkins, the course Understanding cost effectiveness analysis in health care, aimed at public health specialists, is available online, and includes lecture slides, as well as the syllabus, readings and assignments.