Economic Assessment of Health Care- Period 2

At the end of this course, you know the basic essentials of economic evaluations of health care processes and health care technology. You will be able to make an informed choice between a trial-based and a model-based approach. The strengths and limitations of economic evaluations will be clear. You will be able to design a health economic evaluation, to critically assess the results of cost-effectiveness studies conducted alongside a randomized controlled trial, and to interpret and use information from published economic evaluations.

Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.