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Further Methods for Outcome Measurement - ECO00060M
Module summary
This module develops your understanding of health and non-health outcome measures for use in the economic evaluation of health care interventions.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Spring Term 2023-24 |
Module aims
This module develops your understanding of health and non-health outcome measures for use in the economic evaluation of health care interventions.
Module learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the module you should be able to:
- Outline the concept of health, the theoretical foundations of outcome measurement and measuring health for economic evaluation.
- Describe how to derive a summary measure of health and understand different approaches to measuring and valuing health.
- Examine the technical characteristics of a good health status index and potential weaknesses.
- Explore and assess different types of outcome measure such as generic vs. specific, clinical, patient reported, intermediate, surrogate and final outcomes.
- Explain the use of non-preference based measures of health in economic evaluation.
- Explain the use of outcome measures for carers and care recipients.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Open Exam (4 days) | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Open Exam (4 days) | 100 |
Module feedback
Feedback will be given in line with University guidelines
Indicative reading
Measuring and valuing health benefits for economic evaluation, J. Brazier, J. Ratcliffe, J. Salomon and A. Tsuchiya (2017). Oxford University Press, Oxford.