Campus
Birmingham (Edgbaston)
Introduction to Health Economics Non-credit
- Delivery formatIn person
- Start dateSeptember 2025Duration5 days
- AwardNon-credit bearing
- Entry requirementsThere are no specific entry requirements to take this module as a stand alone, non assessed course.
- Fees (UK/Ireland)CPD course fees vary. Please see fee details for more information.
Course overview
This course focusses on the fundamental principles of health economics. Topics explored will cover health and health care systems, economic evaluation methods, and how health economics connects with health policy, leading to greater insights of challenges being faced by the healthcare industry.
This course is designed to introduce the basic principles of health economics and equip you with the basic knowledge needed to interpret and appraise applied studies in health economics.
Issues covered include health and health care systems, methods of economic evaluation, setting priorities using health economics and the interface between health economics and health policy.
This course content is taken directly from the Health Economics and Health Policy Postgraduate Degree Programme.
Course delivery
By the end of the module you should be able to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the roles and limitations of markets and incentives in health systems;
- Distinguish between the different forms of economic evaluation and show an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches;
- Critically review published economic evaluations of health technologies;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the techniques used to measure both costs and benefits in the evaluation of health care.
Outline
Monday: Economics and health: Issues in health economics; welfarism and extra-welfarism and demand for and production of health
Tuesday: Introduction to economic evaluation part I: Methods of economic evaluation; measuring costs; measuring outcomes and trial based economic evaluation.
Wednesday: Introduction to economic evaluation part II: Introduction to decision modelling; dealing with uncertainty and other issues and presenting and using economic evaluation.
Thursday: Health and healthcare organisation: markets, supply and demand; market failure in health care and program budgeting and marginal analysis
Friday: Priority setting: Practical applications; case studies and group feedback session
Course dates
29th September - 3rd October 2025
Attendance Required
1 block week of teaching
Teaching staff
Staff involved in the delivery of this course
Dr Philip Kinghorn
Senior Lecturer
Staff profile for Dr Philip Kinghorn, Research Fellow in the Health Economics Unit, Department of Applied Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health
Entry requirements
For more information about registering for the course, please contact cmhcpdenquiries@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Fees and scholarships
Standard Fee = £1,170
Industry Fee = £1,599
Application process
This course is currently closed for applications.
For more information about registering for the course, please contact cmhcpdenquiries@contacts.bham.ac.uk