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This course starts off with registration and introduction. There will be a roll call on the first lecture and attending students will be registered by the administration. Self-registration is not available! You need to be registered on the course in the study documentation system Ladok, to be able to follow the course and to get your results registered. If you are unable to attend during the registration and introduction, you need to inform administator Eva Selin in advance, or else you risk losing your place in the course.
Note that this course is planned for Campus based studies and will not be available on distance/online!
Monday February 10
Time: 10:30
Location: Room Alicante-Hospital building
Scedule will be sent by mail one month before the course starts!
The course runs in the period February 10 – February 28, 2025.
The main part of the teaching on the course is given during two course weeks – February 10–14 and February 17 – 21. In addition to that, there are compulsory home assignment seminars during the third course week.
The examination on the course consists of two parts:
1) There is a written exam on Friday, Feb 28 February.
2) Each student will do a plan for a health economic evaluation. The plan is to be submitted on Monday, February 24.
The students on the course come from the Master`s programmes in public health or are taking the course as a single subject course. All of the teaching is given in English.
Three books are needed for this course.
Additional material, in form of e.g. lecture handouts and articles, will be included.
Main course book:
Edwards RT & McIntosh E (Ed). Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research
https://oxfordmedicine-com.proxy.ub.umu.se/view/10.1093/med/9780198737483.001.0001/med-9780198737483
Additional reading:
Drummond MF (ed.). Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Oxford: Oxford university press, latest edition.
For excercises:
Gray AM, Clarke PM, Wolstenholme JL & Wordsworth S. Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011
These books are available as e-books on the university network. To find them, do this:
1.Go to the University library
2. Enter the book title in the search field and click "Search"
3. The book will appear on top of the list
4. Click on "Full text" and proceed
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Recommended arrival times
International students are recommended to arrive at least a few days before the start of the regular semester, preferably prior to the Orientation. If you fail to arrive on time, you have to contact the study counselor as soon as possible, but no later than one week ahead of the course start, or you may not be able to register for the programme or course.
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Orientation
Moving to a new country with an unfamiliar language, culture and customs can be a challenge. We would like to help you and ease that challenge so that you can focus on your studies. Therefore, we would like to offer you the possibility to take part in our Orientation, which begins a few days before the start of the semester (Autumn) or the same day as the semester starts (Spring).
Welcome Fair
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