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Resources for teaching Introduction to Health Economics

Lecture Slides

Powerpoint presentations from the organised session on 'health economics in the medical curriculum' at the HESG conference, UEA, January 2008.

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).

Vivian Ho, Rice University, Fall 2009:

Lectures by Richard Smith, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Creative Commons LicenseRichard Smith's materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

Economics Concepts Overview
Kevin Frick, Johns Hopkins University
Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike License

Audio-Visual Material

The Role of Qualitative Research in Health Economics

Group Exercises

Full instructions for a Bilateral Trade game successfully used by Alastair Fischer in the Health Economics certificate course at Birkbeck to introduce students (medics and others from diverse backgrounds with no economics training) to the concepts of demand, supply, equilibrium and consumer/producer surplus. Also provided here are the summary sheets, buyer and seller schedules for the transactions, and a set of questions to guide discussion and analysis of the game. The questions at the end of the game can also be used for assessment purposes or as a homework exercise. Kindly provided by Alastair Fischer, 2008.

 

Assessment Material

Final exam for an introductory MSc module on Economic Evaluation
Nancy Devlin, City University, 2005.

Final exam for ECO3022 Health Economics (Year 3)
Emily Lancsar, Newcastle University, 2006/7

Mid-semester multiple choice test for Economics of Health and Education (Year 3)
Paul Hansen, University of Otago, 2007.

Coursework/assignment for Economics of Health and Education (Year 3)
Paul Hansen, University of Otago, 2007.

Final exam for Economics of Health and Education (Year 3)
Paul Hansen, University of Otago, 2007.

 

Module Outlines:

EC2011 Health Economics (Year 2 elective module)
Mireia Jofre-Bonet, David Parkin and Nancy Devlin, City University, 2008.

Econ306 Economics of health and education (Year 3)
Paul Hansen, University of Otago, 2007.

Health economics Year 3 module taught by Richard Little at Keele University: module proposal and handbook

Health economics Year 3/4 module taught at the Universidad de Barcelona 2005
Joan Costa-Font, LSE.

Health economics module outline for students doing an MSc in Health Sciences
Angela Robinson, UEA, 2007.

Syllabus for a module in "CBA and Health" at UCL's Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health
Provided by Shepley Orr.

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