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Health economics provides a helpful decision-making framework and key information for public health staff involved in health investment decisions. This one day workshop will cover multiple aspects of Health Economics including:
- Economics perspective & principles
- Costs & benefits
- Efficiency
- Equity
- Methods of economic evaluation (e.g. cost effectiveness analysis)
- Health economics in public health
- Resource allocation
- Priority setting.investment decision-making
Health economics provides a helpful decision-making framework and key information for public health staff involved in health investment decisions. This one day workshop will cover multiple aspects of Health Economics including:
- Economics perspective & principles
- Costs & benefits
- Efficiency
- Equity
- Methods of economic evaluation (e.g. cost effectiveness analysis)
- Health economics in public health
- Resource allocation
- Priority setting.investment decision-making
This course is aimed at: The public health workforce including, public health practitioners, GP Commissioning Consortia, PCT and Acute Trust staff, GPs, Commissioning Managers, Health Visitors, Midwives, School Nurses, Community Nurses, Environmental Health Practitioners, Police, Fire Brigade, Voluntary Sector.
Learning Outcomes:
- De-mistify health economics
- Provide understanding of the key principles and concepts of health economics
- Clarify the relevance of health economics to health investment decisions
- Provide understanding of common relevant health economic methods
- Provide a basic introduction to the application of health economic research, intelligence & approaches.
For more information on this course and how the content can be adapted to suit the needs of your organisation, or you as an individual, please email enquiries@phast.org.uk.
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