Section outline

  • Lecture:  Economics and Economic Evaluation in Health Care

    • Efficiency and Equity (in Economics)
    • Market and non-market solutions
    • The role of economic evaluation
    • Health Technology Assessment
    • Quality of Life Measurement in Pharmacoepidemiology and Health Economics studies

    Faculty:  M. Woolley

    Location:  Mission Hall 1407

    • Session Slides:

    • Pharmacoeconomics for UCSF 20150226 File

    • Required Reading:

      “Use of quality of life measurements in Pharmacoepidemiology” in Textbook of Pharmacoepidemiology  pp. 291-299.

      Weinstein, MC (1990). Principles of Cost-Effective Resource Allocation in Health Care Organizations. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 6, pp 93-103. doi:10.1017/S0266462300008953.

    • Arrow, K. Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care. American Economic Review, December 53(5), 941-973, 1963 File
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    • Cutler DM. The lifetime costs and benefits of medical technology. J Health Econ. Dec 1;26(6) 1081-100. Epub, 2007 File
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