Economic evaluation of health promotion programmes

Subject:

Economic evaluation of health promotion programmes

Module:

Health Promotion

Holder of subject:

Dr Petra Došenović Bonča, Assistant Professor

Education providers:

• Dr Petra Došenović Bonča, Assistant Professor

Contact hours - lectures:

50

Contact hours - seminar:

40

Contact hours - other forms of study:

20

Individual student work:

140

ECTS:

10

Level of study:

Second Bologna cycle study program Health Promotion

Semester:

Summer

Language:

• Knowledge about the effects of health care/health promotion programmes that are important for social efficiency and economic welfare (e.g. reduced negative effects of monopolies, positive and negative externalities in consumption and production, public or club goods);
• understanding economic analysis under different objectives; 
• knowledge about the methods used for economic evaluation of health care programmes;
• ability to select the appropriate method and apply it to the relevant case.

Mandatory references:

• Drummond, Michael F. et al. (2005). Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes 3rd ed., Oxford [etc.]: Oxford University Press.

Recommended references:

• McIntosh, E. et al. (2011). Applied methods of cost-benefit analysis in health care. Oxford [etc.]: Oxford University Press 
• Gray, A. (2011). Applied methods of cost-effectiveness analysis in health care. Oxford [etc.]: Oxford University Press
• Ozcan, Y.A. (2008). Health care benchmarking and performance evaluation: an assessment using data envelopment analysis (DEA). New York: Springer, cop.

Conditions for the inclusion in the study:

Satisfied requirements for enrolment in the 2nd study year.
The course builds on the topics covered by  Introduction to health promotion and working methods & Planing and evaluation in health promotion.

Assessment methods:

• written examination – 60 %,
• in-class assignments – 20 %,
• seminar work – 20 %.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, tutorials, seminars, solving problems, class sidcussions, debate on issues, paper assessments.