PUB HLTH 7082 - Health Economic Evaluation & Decision Making
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2016
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code PUB HLTH 7082 Course Health Economic Evaluation & Decision Making Coordinating Unit Public Health Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Assessment Short answer questions and report Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Adjunct Professor Jonathan Karnon
Course Coordinator: Jonathon Karnon
Phone: +61 8313 3562
Email: jonathon.karnon@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 7, 178 North Terrace
Additional Academic Staff: Hossein Afzali
Phone: +61 8313 0615
Email: hossein.hajialiafzali@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 7, 178 North Terrace
Learning and Teaching Team
Phone: +61 8313 4637
Email: postgrad_enq@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 7, 178 North TerraceCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
1 Understand theoretical basis for decision making using economic evaluation 2 Recognise practical constraints, and responses to decision making using economic evaluation 3 Understand the advantages and disadvantages of alternative methodological frameworks for economic evaluation 4 Demonstrated experience of applying of all components of a model-based economic evaluation (implementation, population, calibration, and analysis) 5 Understanding and application of model-based cost-effectiveness methods to performance measurement, benchmarking, and quality improvement in health care 6 Demonstrated knowledge of alternative health care funding models and their relation to economic evaluation and opportunity cost University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1, 3, 4 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
2-5 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
4, 5 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
4, 5 Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
2, 6 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Health Economic Evaluation and Decision Making reading brickRecommended Resources
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A Briggs, M Sculpher, K Claxton, Decision Modelling for Health Economic Evaluation, 2006, ISBN10: 0198526628. Oxford University PressOnline Learning
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The central learning and teaching approach is lectures supported by problem-solving tutorials developing material covered in lectures.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Three hours of face-to-face teaching has been allocated for each of the 12 semester weeks, comprising a mix of lectures, and computer and non-computer-based practical sessions. In between these sessions, students will be expected to consolidate content knowledge via assessed and non-assessed assignments.Learning Activities Summary
Topic Lecture Economic evaluation and opportunity cost Economic evaluation review; Decision making in theory; The centrality of opportunity cost, what is it and how can it be estimated? Decision trees When, where, and how to use decision trees as a framework for economic evaluation? Trial-based economic evaluation When, where, and how to use clinical trials as a framework for economic evaluation? State transition modeling When, where, and how to use state transition models as a framework for economic evaluation? The basics Sensetivity analysis What are, and how to apply, deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analysis methods? State transition modelling - extensions Parameterising clinical parameters State transition modelling - extensions Parameterising cost parameters State transition modelling - extensions Parameterising utility parameters Discounting costs and outcomes Why do we discount costs and outcomes, and how? Model calibration What is, and how to apply, model calibration techniques? Service evaluation and quality improvement How to use economic evaluation methods to evaluate services and inform quality improvement? Allocating resources in the real world What alternative approaches have been used to inform the allocation of scarce health care resources? Assignment review Providing support with respect to the final and main assessment task Specific Course Requirements
N/ASmall Group Discovery Experience
The problem solving elements of the course are undertaken in small groups, with close oversight from the lecturers to support discovery around the application of health economic methods. -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Assessment Type Weighting Learning Outcome(s) being addressed Opportunity cost short Q&A assessment Summative 40% 1, 2, 6 Staged application of a model-based economic evaluation Summative 60% 3-5 Assessment Related Requirements
N/AAssessment Detail
Assessment task 1 requires 2 to 3 sentence answers to 10 questions relating to the concept of opportunity cost: concerning theoretical and practical issues around the estimation of opportunity cost, and the use of economic evaluation to inform funding decisions.
Assessment task 2 involves the replication of a published decision analytic cost-effectiveness model, re-analysis of the model to evaluate a newer intervention, and a report of the methods and findings.Submission
Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission. Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds. Supporting documentation must be provided at the time a student requests an extension. Without documentation, extensions will not be granted. Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.
Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.
Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment of compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the student’s situation. The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact on the student. Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.
Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.
All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits. In the case of late assignments where no extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted. If an assignment that is 2 days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%. If that same assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.
The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.
Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.
Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual University deadlines.
Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process </student/grievance/process/>. Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance. This must be done within 10 business days of the date of notification of the result. Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
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