Training
February 15, 2010
Econometric Analysis in Health Economics
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Dates: February 15 to 19, 2010
Registration: Online until 29 Jan. 2010
Course homepage: http://www.ssphplus.ch/phdcourses-hep
Prof. Alberto Holly (University of Lausanne)
Prof. Jaya Krishnakumar (University of Geneva)
Presentation:
The aim of this course is to provide the students with the necessary analytical tools to
- formulate appropriate econometric models
- estimate them
- and draw proper inference, using micro level data related to health issues, for instance data from health surveys.
The key features of such data sets are their qualitative nature and/or panel type structure. Hence it is important to know and be able to apply the models and methods specially designed for incorporating the particular characteristics of these data sets.
Objectives:
At the end of the course the student would know how to:
- specify a suitable econometric model for investigating the problem under study;
- confront the theoretical model with empirical observations; and
- draw proper conclusions based on the results.
February 19, 2010
Health Economics Funded PhD Places: University of East Anglia for EU/UK students for October 2010
Location: Norwich, England
Closing date: 19 February 2010
Studentships for 2009/10 and 2010/11 now available in the Faculty of Health at the University of East Anglia
Topics:
The role of Decision Modelling within an economic evaluation
Weighting QALYs according to severity and cause of illness
An economic evaluation of total hip and knee replacement surgery using a national patient reported outcome measure
The economics of EPIC: selected health economic issues using EPIC-Norfolk cohort data
The development and application of microsimulation methods for the analysis of health and social care policies for older people
Find out more about each topic and how to contact supervisors and to apply from:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/foh/PGR/HSS
Entry requirements are stated in each individual project outline.
Stipend (currently £13,290 per annum), UK/EU fees and some appropriate training costs.
March 1, 2010
Systematic reviews for HTA and Pharmacoeconomics: their role in reimbursement decisions. An introductory course
Location: University of York, York, UK
Dates: 1 to 3 March 2010
This training event is provided by York Health Economics Consortium Ltd. in collaboration with Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd.
Decision makers require evidence on the costs and benefits of health technologies. Systematic reviews and economic evidence are core to formal decision making processes in healthcare. This three day training event provides an introduction to the methods of identifying and synthesising evidence for decision makers. It provides guidance, based on best practice, to those developing evidence submissions to reimbursement agencies or health care payers. The training event will comprise lectures, group work and practical sessions. There will also be ample opportunity for one-to-one discussion with the course leaders on specific issues.
This training event will be useful to those who:
- Prepare evidence submissions to reimbursement agencies;
- Want an introduction to health technology assessment (HTA);
- Want an introduction to the methods of producing systematic reviews.
It is an introduction to the following topics:
- The principles of producing a systematic review;
- The practicalities of managing a HTA project;
- The principles of economic evaluation and economic modelling;
- The information that reimbursement agencies tend to require;
- The standards for reporting systematic reviews and economic evaluations in academic journals.
Further details at:
http://php.york.ac.uk/inst/yhec/?q=news/systematic-reviews-hta
Julie Glanville
Project Director - Information Services
York Health Economics Consortium Ltd
University of York
Market Square
Vanbrugh Way
Heslington
YORK YO10 5NH
Tel: 01904 434832 (Direct) 433620 (General)
Fax: 01904 433628
email: jmg1@york.ac.uk
website: http://www.yhec.co.uk
March 8, 2010
Modelling for Health Economics
Location: Birmingham, UK
Module Dates: Mon-Fri, 9.30-5.30; 8th - 12th March 2010
Credits: 20 credits
Module Description
An understanding of the uses and limitations of modelling is an essential part of the toolkit of any Health Economist who is involved with Economic Evaluation, either as an analyst or a receiver/user of economic analysis. This module covers the full range of model types that are appropriate for use in Health Economic analysis (such as Markov models, transmission dynamic models and Bayesian approaches to modelling).
Module Attendance Required:
One week block of teaching
Academics involved in the delivery of this module
Dr Pelham Barton, Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling, and,
Dr Sue Jowett, Senior Lecturer - Health Economics Unit
Fee if taken as a stand alone module
2009/10 module prices - £1400 (Public Sector), £2100 (Private Sector)
Entry Requirements
Previous knowledge of health economics and statistics equivalent to that obtained in the Introduction to Health Economics and Statistics for Health Economics modules. All applicants will be required to discuss eligibility with the Course Director at the time of applying.
How to register / apply
Contact Helen Evans, Course Administrator, 0121 414 7694, H.E.Evans.20@bham.ac.uk
March 15, 2010
Diploma Course on International Health and Policy Evaluation (IHPE)
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Site: Erasmus University
Dates: March 15 - May 28, 2010
The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the institute for Health Policy and Management (iBMG) and the Department of Public Health (MGZ) announce the first annual Diploma Course programme on “International Health and Policy Evaluation”, providing professionals and researchers with an interdisciplinary perspective on population health and health services in low- and middle-income countries. The Diploma Course consists of 10 one-week modules.
The courses are designed to provide professionals, who are involved in translating research findings into policies or the implementation of interventions, as well as (future) researchers, with essential training in health and health services research to support rational decision-making and sustainable improvements in health.
Participants’ knowledge and understanding of the subject matter is tested per block, via a formal examination and/or (individual or group) assignments. Participants in a block receive a formal certificate after completing it successfully.
For more detailed information, please visit the website: http://www.internationalhealthcourse.nl
March 24, 2010
Three PhD Scholarships in Economics and Management Science: University of Southern Denmark
Location: Odense
Closing date: 24 March, 2010 at 12 noon
Reference number: 351/577-105687
Job description:
The Research Unit of Health Economics at The University of Southern Denmark is advertising three PhD scholarships to be filled as soon as possible. The three positions are part of a research project entitled ‘Hospital of the Future’ funded by The Danish Strategic Research Council; the project also involves 3 post doctoral scholarships.
‘Hospital of the Future’
The project is concerned with development, adaption, and testing of methods from microeconomics and management science with the general aim of increasing hospital efficiency and effectiveness, for instance optimized patient pathways, capacity planning and utilization, and incentive schemes.
The project has three pillars, each consisting of a number of work packages, 1. Logistics and production planning; 2. Incentives; and 3. Productivity measurement and economies of scale and scope.
It is an important objective to test the methods in close collaboration with clinicians and professional hospital staff to maximize fit with and relevance for daily practice. See ‘Hospital of the Future’ at the web page http://www.healtheconomics.dk for a copy of the project description submitted to the Strategic Research Council.
It is the intention to have at least one PhD student and one post doc within each pillar who will collaborate with senior researchers.
Research environment
‘Hospital of the Future’ is a research consortium with researchers from the University of Southern Denmark, Danish Institute of Health Services Research and Copenhagen Business School. The research unit of health economics at University of Southern Denmark is the leading and largest group of health economists in Denmark with a good publication record. ‘Hospital of the Future’ will mainly be embedded in this vibrant environment and the department of Business and Economics. The research units house 12 researchers of which 6 are full professors. There are 10 PhD students. Go to ‘Hospitals of the Future’ at the web page http://www.healtheconomics.dk for CVs of senior researchers and for additional information.
PhD students and post docs will be part of a team for each of the above mentioned pillars. Each team is headed by an experienced senior researcher.
Requirements
The successful applicant for a PhD scholarship has demonstrated research potential as reflected by for instance the grades obtained and master’s thesis. Applicants are expected to have an educational background in economics or business economics/management science/operations research at a master’s level - e.g. normally the Danish or equivalent degrees: cand.oecon., cand.polit., cand.scient.oecon., cand.merc. or a degree in civil engineering. Information about the PhD programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, can be found at: http://www.sdu.dk/sam/phduk.
The application must include a synopsis of 5-10 pages describing a research proposal related to one or more of the three project pillars. Dialogue with one of the below mentioned contact persons is possible. The proposal may be further elaborated during the first three months of employment.
Successful applicants must have a genuine interest in applied and policy oriented research within one or more of the work packages of the project apart from a sound theoretical background.
The institutional setting is the Danish hospital sector. Applicants not having such prior knowledge must acquire it early on to be able to do policy relevant research and to collaborate with hospital staff.
For non-Danes the successful applicant must acquire knowledge of Danish language, in particular reading skills, during the first year of the position.
PhD students are expected to participate actively in departmental activities and activities related to the overall project ‘Hospital of the Future’.
PhD projects must be completed in three years with Odense as place of employment.
For further information contact: professor Mickael Bech, phone: +45 6550 4234 +45 6550 4234, mbe@sam.sdu.dk or professor Niels Christian Petersen phone: +45 6550 3644 +45 6550 3644, ncp@sam.sdu.dk or professor Ole Olesen, phone: +456550 3254 +456550 3254, ole@sam.sdu.dk.
Read more:
Institute of Public Health
Application, salary, etc.:
Compensation
Employment as a Salaried PhD Research Fellow is governed by the agreement of 1 October 2008 on Graduate Employees in government appendix 5 - protocol on PhD Research Fellows. Annual starting salary level for new graduates is app. DKK 300,000 plus pension scheme.
The PhD scholarships can either be accomplished in terms of the so-called 5+3 model or the 4+4 model. Scholarships according to the 5+3 model can be given to applicants with a master’s degree and have a duration of 3 years. Scholarships according to the 4+4 model can be given to applicants, who have passed the 1st year of their master’s studies, and have a duration of 4 years.
As part of the PhD program the PhD student must complete an individual planned course program. The PhD student must also achieve teaching experience during the research education. The PhD student is expected to spend a certain period with a relevant foreign research institution, normally one semester. The research unit for health economics appoints a supervisor and possibly a co-supervisor.
Applicants for a PhD scholarship must fill in the application form available on our web page http://www.sdu.dk/sam/phduk under the section Application forms for enrolment. Here you also find guidelines for preparing your project proposal (synopsis). Furthermore, applicants under the 5+3 model should submit certified copy of Master’s degree certificate including examination results, CV, project description, information on teaching experience or other forms of knowledge communication and if relevant a list of publications.
With a view to promoting equal opportunities in academic positions, the Faculty encourages all interested persons are encouraged to apply, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background.
Please send in 4 copies of the application including application form, curriculum vitae, project description (synopsis), academic diploma, list of publications if relevant and publications if any, marked “Position No. 351/577-105687” to the University of Southern Denmark, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. The application must reach the University not later than March 24, 2010 at 12.00 noon.
Mark application Job ID 351/577-105687 and send it to:
Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultetssekretariat
Syddansk Universitet
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M
Regression Methods for Health Economic Evaluation
Location: York, UK
Dates: 24 - 26 March 2010; with optional half-day introduction to Stata 23th March
The Centre for Health Economics at the University of York is running a three-day course on Regression Methods for Health Economic Evaluation. The course is now in its third edition and it will be held from 24 - 26 March 2010 at the University of York.
The course is a mixture of taught modules and practical exercises. It is intended for people currently undertaking health economic evaluations within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, consultancy, academia or the health service who wish to learn how to use regression methods to analyse individual patient-level cost, health outcome and cost-effectiveness data.
Participants are expected to have a basic familiarity with the concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis, descriptive statistics and regression methods.
The course will cover the use of regression methods for health economic evaluation of both randomised and non-randomised data. In particular, the course will focus on the use of regression methods to analyse different types of individual patient-level data. Detailed information about the topics covered can be found on the course’s webpage below.
Throughout the course computer-based practical exercises will be used to show how the methods can be applied in the statistical package Stata. A half day introduction to Stata and the commands that will be used on the course is available on 23rd March for those less familiar with the software.
Further details and booking information is available from http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/regression.htm
Limited campus accommodation is available on request. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
We hope that you will be interested in applying for the course or that you may know of others within your organisation who might be interested in attending.
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:
- University of York (29-31 March 2010) (see http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/modelling.htm)
- University of Glasgow (15-17 September 2010) http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/healtheconomicappraisalsteam/
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 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.