Overview

Part A

Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs:
Current Concepts

Monday 11:00- Tuesday 12:30

Introduction to the methods of economic evaluation in health care:

nternational context: health care systems and reforms; principles of eco-
nomic  thinking;  theory and  practice  of cost analysis;  cost-effectiveness
analysis; Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs); quantifying quality of life
and expected utility theory; exercise "utility measurement"; decision ana-
lytic  models  for economic evaluation;  sensitivity analyses  to capture un-
certainty,  including  cost-effectiveness  acceptability curves;  overview of
international guidelines for health economic evaluation.

Part B

Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs:
International Experience and Controversies

Tuesday 14:00 - Friday 14:00

Advanced topics and international practices related to the use of economic evaluation to inform health care policy:

conomic theory, biomedical ethics and health economic evaluations; inter-
national  overview  of  health  technology  assessments  including  economic
evaluation;   experience  in  Australia  (PBAC), Canada  (CADTH),  England
(NICE),  and Sweden (LNF);  managed care and cost-effectiveness analysis
in  the United States;  IQWiG  in Germany; using  economic evaluations for
pricing and  reimbursement decisions;  reforming the Pharmaceutical Price
Regulation  Scheme  (PPRS)  and "value-based pricing"  in  the  UK;  stake-
holder expectations; NICE as an international role model?

The Health Economics Summer School was offered by the Institute for Innovation &
Valuation in Health Care in cooperation with the University  of Heidelberg  (Depart-
ment for Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty).