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April 20, 2010

Methods for the analysis of panel data in health and health care:Hosted by the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG)

Location: York, UK
Dates: 20th-22nd April 2010

3 day computer-based course hosted by the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York, 20th-22nd April 2010

This is a three-day course focusing on the use of applied quantitative methods for the analysis of panel data encountered in health and health care. The course is run by the Health, Econometrics and Data Group, a collaboration between the Centre for Health Economics and the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York.

The course is aimed at PhD students and junior researchers or policy makers working in applied health economics.

The course will explain applied health economics methods relevant to the analysis of panel data obtained from administrative or observational sources. Topics to be covered will include an introduction to panel data techniques including linear models and fixed and random effects; instrumental variables; non-linear panel data models; dynamic models; discrete-time duration models. Throughout the course, computer-based practical exercises will be used to show how these methods can be applied using the statistical package Stata.

The aims of the course are to introduce young professionals to the main techniques used in applied health economics, and to provide practical experience with the application of such techniques. By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

  • formulate empirical problems involving longitudinal micro-data on health and health care
  • select appropriate econometric methods
  • understand methods of estimation and be able to implement them, using appropriate software
  • interpret the results of the analysis

Course content

The course will cover topics relevant to the analysis of health and health care data. Sessions will be split between lectures and computer-based practicals.

The course will be held in the EXEC/computer-training lab in the Alcuin Research Resource Centre (ARRC: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/arrc/). The software package used for the practical examples is Stata and each participant will have access to a PC with Stata 10 installed. Stata do-files containing the code required to complete the practical exercises will be provided. A basic familiarisation with Stata will be an advantage. Further information on Stata can be found at: http://www/stata.com/

Data sources relevant to the practical exercises will be provided.

The programme

The course will be provided by members of HEDG: Andrew Jones, Nigel Rice, Silvana Robone, Pedro Rosa-Dias and Eugenio Zucchelli.

Online registration will be available shortly: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/herc/research/hedg/index.htm

The Health, Econometrics and Data Group is supported by funding from the Economic and Social Research Council under the grant RES-060-25-0045.

April 20, 2010: Short Course

July 1, 2010

Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Training in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research

Location: online
Date: July 2010

Final Prgram is available at http://www.icmpe.org/

The Training is sponsored by the Section on Mental Health Economics of the World Psychiatric Association.

The entire Training will be conducted through the website http://www.icmpe.org/

The Training material and the related references, are available to the Participants through password on the ICMPE website upon registration. It will enable participants to receive substantial information prior of the interactive events to be held at http://www.icmpe.org/ in July 2010.

The Training is comprised of the following courses:

MAPPING OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES WITHIN COUNTRIES Shekhar Saxena M.D., Co-ordinator of the Team Mental Health: Evidence and Research at World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

MENTAL HEALTH POLICY, SERVICES AND EVALUATION RESEARCH Howard H. Goldman MD, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR HEALTH CARE DECISION MAKING Michael Drummond Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

MENTAL HEALTH FINANCING POLICY AND OUTCOMES ANALYSIS Teh-wei Hu Ph.D., Professor in Graduate School, Professor Emeritus of Health Economics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS Martin Knapp Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics, Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London; and Professor of Social Policy, LSE Health & Social Care, London School of Economics, London UK

July 1, 2010: Postgraduate/Non-Degree

July 28, 2010

Advanced Modelling Methods for Health Economic Evaluation (3-day Workshop)

Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Dates: 28-30 July 2010

This 3-day modeling course is to be held in the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

The short course has run over a period of 7 years as a successful collaboration between the Universities of York and Glasgow in the UK, and McMaster University in Canada. The Bangkok course will also involve researchers from the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) in Thailand.

The teaching faculty for the modeling course will be:

  • Mark Sculpher (University of York, UK)
  • Andrew Briggs (University of Glasgow, UK)
  • Elisabeth Fenwick (University of Glasgow, UK)
  • Ron Goeree (McMaster University, Canada)

Tutoring will also be provided by researchers at HITAP.

This is an advanced course focusing specifically on decision modelling and intended for people currently undertaking modelling for health economic evaluation within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, consultancy, academia or the health service. It is also appropriate for those reviewing or preparing economic evaluation evidence for public health authorities.

By the end of the course participants will be expected to:

  • Develop and populate a decision model
  • Populate a Markov model with and without time-dependent probabilities
  • Undertake probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) to reflect parameter uncertainty
  • Present the results of a PSA using net monetary benefits and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves
  • Assess expected value of perfect information.
  • Model developed in Microsoft Excel and in Treeage
  • Gather experience relating to the use of economic evaluation in public policy decisions

The course will provide an introduction to decision models including decision trees and standard Markov models. Greater sophistication will be added as building blocks over the 3-day workshop.The course involves a mixture of lectures and computer based exercises. Participants will need to bring their own laptop computers for the exercises.

Participants are expected to have attended a general advanced course in economic evaluation or be comfortable with the contents of “Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs” by Drummond et al (Oxford University Press, 2005).

As an addition to the main teaching modules on modeling, we will have sessions at the end of Days 2 and 3 on the use of HTA in decision making. On Day 2 the focus will be on the use of model-based economic evaluation to inform policy decisions about the adoption of health technology. On the final day a session will consider the use of systematic reviews in HTA. HITAP will be leading these sessions: Dr.Yot Teerawattananon (program leader of HITAP), Dr. Sripen Tantivess (senior researcher of HITAP) and Miss Jomkwan Yothasamut (researcher).

Cost of the 3-day workshop:

PRIOR to March 1, 2010: Public/Academic Sector: $2,000 (Canadian dollars) Commercial Sector:$2,500 (Canadian dollars)

AFTER March 1, 2010: Public/Academic Sector: $2,500 (Canadian dollars) Commercial Sector:$3,000 (Canadian dollars)

If you would like more information or would like to register for the course in Toronto please contact Christine Henderson hendersc@mcmaster.ca.

To find more details about the Bangkok course and to register go to http://www.path-hta.ca/workshop.htm

A version of this course is also being run at:

July 28, 2010: Short Course

September 1, 2010

PhD in Economics: Economics Department at IUPUI

Location: Indiana, USA
Start date: Fall 2010

The Economics Department at IUPUI is pleased to announce a new PhD in Economics. We will be accepting our first entering PhD class for Fall of 2010. Fellowship support will be offered on a competitive basis.

The program will specialize in Health Economics. Students will begin with PhD core training in economic theory and econometrics, emphasizing microeconomic theory and microeconometrics. Specializing in health economics will allow us to offer a two-course field sequence in health economics as well as a course focusing on the institutional context of health, health care, and health insurance. Importantly, students will also take elective courses such as biostatistics, epidemiology, bioethics, or health policy, giving them a background that will facilitate working in the interdisciplinary teams with whom health economists often interact. In addition to econometric theory, we will also offer a year-long empirical econometrics sequence, emphasizing statistical packages, working with large datasets, and problems in applied econometrics. We plan strong disciplinary training in micro theory, econometrics, and health economics enhanced with exposure to other related disciplines central to health and health care.

More information on the department and the program is online at http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/~econ. Questions can be emailed to econphd@iupui.edu.

September 1, 2010: PhD

September 15, 2010

Advanced Modelling Methods for Health Economic Evaluation A Computer Based Course

Location: Glasgow and York, UK
Dates: York: March 29 - 31, 2010; Glasgow: September 2010 (dates to be confirmed)

The Public Health & Health Policy Section at the University of Glasgow and the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York are jointly running three-day courses on advanced modelling methods to be held at venues in Glasgow and York. The next course will be held in 2010, the course will be run at the University of York from 29th - 31st March 2010. Booking forms are online now. The course will be also run in Glasgow in September 2010. Dates to be confirmed. Please contact The Public Health & Health Policy Section at the University of Glasgow directly if you would like to attend the September 2010 course.

This is an advanced course focusing specifically on decision modelling and intended for people currently undertaking modelling for health economic evaluation within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, consultancy, academia or the health service. Participants would be expected to have attended an advanced course in economic evaluation such as the Expert Workshops in the Socio Economic Evaluation of Medicines run by the University of York.

Further details and booking information is available from the following links York based course or Glasgow based course.

September 15, 2010: Short Course

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