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Modelling Cost-Effectiveness in Healthcare

London School of Economics and Political Science via GetSmarter

Overview

Enhance healthcare systems by effectively allocating resources with the help of cutting-edge decision-making tools.

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with: Knowledge of how cost-effectiveness models can influence and aid decision-making when allocating resources. The skills to source and analyse data, as well as the ability to determine the quality of the data being analysed. An understanding of cost-effectiveness analysis, based on real-world examples and future considerations. The ability to develop and adapt decision-analytic models in Excel to your unique organisational context. Unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.

Syllabus

  • Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
  • Module 1: Foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Module 2: Introduction to modelling methods
  • Module 3: Identifying and reviewing data for cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Module 4: Discretely integrated condition event (DICE) simulation
  • Module 5: Interpreting model results and making decisions under uncertainty
  • Module 6: Building conceptual models of real-world processes
  • Module 7: Discrete event simulation for health technology assessment
  • Module 8: Future perspectives on cost-effectiveness analysis

Taught by

Professor Alistair McGuire, Dr Alex Carter, Dr Ranjeeta Thomas, and Professor Jaime Caro

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