Delivery format
In person
Course overview
This course provides the fundamentals of health economics and its importance in decision making. You will develop your knowledge and skills in economic analysis and understand the ethical issues surrounding health economics.
This short course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to critique health economics studies. It covers the different methods of economic evaluation and decision modelling, knowledge of health and health care systems, the roles and limitations of markets and incentives in health systems and setting priorities using health economics in health care.
Course delivery
By the end of this short course you should be able to:
- Understand the principles of economic analysis and health economics.
- Develop knowledge and skills in undertaking economic analysis.
- Develop an understanding in the place of economic analysis in health care decision making.
- Develop skills in critical appraisal of economic analysis.
- Understand the ethical issues surrounding health economics.
Course dates
17th - 21st November 2025
Assessment
Examination (100%)
Credits
20 credits
Teaching staff
Academics involved in the delivery of this module
Professor Emma Frew
NIHR Research Professor
Staff profile for Emma Frew, NIHR Research Professor, Professor in Health Economics, Department of Applied Health Sciences.
Dr Mark Monahan
Lecturer in Health Economics
Staff profile for Mr Mark Monahan who is a Lecturer of Health Economics at the University of Birmingham.
Irina Pokhilenko
Research Fellow
Staff profile for Irina Pokhilenko, Research Fellow at the Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
Entry requirements
Please contact the Programme Coordinator on 0121 414 7577 or at mph@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
Fees and scholarships
Fees for 2025 entry
Microcredential (Home): £605
Microcredential (International): £1,630
Non-credit: £505.60
Application process
You can choose to study this course as either a microcredential or a non-credit CPD short course.
Why choose a Postgraduate Microcredential short course?
- Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree
- Usually taken from existing modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
- Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
- Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
- Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
- Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.
Please note the deadline for submitting an application:
- Applicants eligible for Home fees are to apply a minimum of 6 weeks before the module start date.
- Applicants eligible for Overseas fees are to apply a minimum of 3 months before the module start date.
Please note that once registered for the microcredential you cannot swap for the non-credit short course version.
Non-credit short course
The microcredential and the non-credit short course follow the same course structure, the difference between them both is with the non-credit short course you do not take the assessment at the end therefore you will not receive credits but will receive a certificate of completion, this certificate cannot be converted to credits.
Please note if you apply for the non-credit short course, you cannot swap to the microcredential version once registered.
Places on the non-credit short course are limited so please enquire before if spaces are available.