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Courses, Degrees and UnitsThe Centre for Health Economics is home to Australia's most extensive teaching program in Health Economics. Courses are offered at undergraduate, honours and postgraduate levels, to both economists and non-economists, and delivered via on-campus or off-campus learning. A range of short courses tailored to the individual needs of practitioners and policy makers can be developed on request.
The Centre also offers research degrees. On-campus course for economistsThis course will not be offered in 2009 This course was introduced to meet the need for trained professional health economists and evaluators in hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, government departments and health research organisations. It is designed to provide students who already possess a basic degree in economics with the skills necessary to pursue a future career as academic or policy orientated economists, as administrators in the health sector, or as health care evaluators. It introduces economists to the basic concepts of epidemiology, bioethics and decision analysis, and trains participants in research methods by having them undertake a project during their placement at an approved institution. The postgraduate diploma is normally completed in two semesters of full-time study or four semesters of part-time study. On-campus units for undergraduates and honours studentsECC2700 - Economics issues in health and health care ECC4870 - Health Economics ECC4990 - Economic evaluation of health services Off Campus courses (distance education)This course provides a basic all-round introduction to health economics. Topics covered include the economic characteristics of health care, financing health services, funding hospitals and clinicians, incentives, equity and economic evaluation. This course provides an understanding of the economics of pharmaceuticals in health care systems. It provides the skills necessary to apply economic analysis to the broad issues of industry development as well as the specific skills needed to: prepare a cost effectiveness analysis of a drug; apply economic modelling to support the inclusion or exclusion of a drug on a national or hospitalformulary; design a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and cost of effectiveness of drugs; and apply methods of evaluating health and non-health outcomes of drug use. This course is designed for health professionals and health policy makers wishing to further their knowledge and/or extend their formal qualifications in health economics. The course objectives are: to provide a rigorous and theoretical grounding in the disciplines of economics, health economics and health policy and to be able to apply these to the analysis of health care policyand institutions; to develop analytical skills in economics and an appreciation of the role of incentives in the achievement of health care objectives; to develop technical skills in economic evaluation to promote an efficient and equitable health care system; to provide a course of direct relevance to government, business and non-government organisations which have extensive relationshipswith the health sector and require more rigorous training in economics, health economics, and policy analysis and development. Off Campus unitsECX9700 - Introduction to health economics ECX9710 - Pharmaceutical economics ECX9730 - Economic evaluation in health care ECX9741 - Applied health economics and health policy ECX9750 - Principles of health economics for developing countries ECX9120 - Introduction to microeconomic theory ECG9102 - Introduction to macroeconomic theory and policy
How to applyOn Campus course – Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics and Evaluation Post your applications to: Off Campus courses - All students Post your applications to: For help and information on applying, please contact the Centre for Health Economics. Requirements for all StudentsFor further information please contact:
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