11:00

International context

• International health care systems
  
• International health care reforms
  
• Principles of economic thinking
  
  

12:30

Lunch Break

14:00

Cost analysis

• Theory of costing
  
• Practice of costing
  
• Cost-of-illness studies
  
  

15:30

Coffee Break

16:00

Cost-effectiveness analyis

• Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs)
  
• Cost-utility analysis
  
• Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)
  
• ICER benchmarks and interpretation
  
• Net health benefits
  
  

17:30

Supper Break

20:00

Expected utility theory

• Axioms and application
  
• Standard gamble technique
  
• Time trade-off technique
  

Exercise

• Quantifying quality of life
  
• Utility measurement
  
  

9:00

Modeling techniques

• Modeling - an unavoidable fact of life
  
• Decision tree models
  
• Markov models
  
• Sensitivity analysis I
  
  

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Advanced modeling techniques

• Sensitivity analysis II
  
• Monte Carlo simulation
  
• Non-parametric bootstrapping
  
• Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves (CEACs)
  
• International guidelines
  
  

12:30

Lunch Break