Economic evaluation of medicines

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of mathematics.

Teaching Methods

Face to face theoretical presentation followed by examples e practical exercises.

Learning Outcomes

To understand: a) the health market as an imperfect market. b)the racional to carry out a pharmacoeconomic study.c)Techniques of economic analysis and their microeconomic frame. d) The conceptualization of a pharmacoeconomicstudy and the need to deal with uncertainty. e) the results of a pharmacoeconomic study.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Microeconmics. Supply and demand. Imperfect markets and health as na imperfect matket. Aim of pharmaconomicsevaluations. Techniques of analysis (cost minimazation, cost-benefict, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility). Costidentification and valorization. Outcome measures (efefctiveness and quality adjusted life-years ). Incremental cost-fffectiveness ratios and dominant options. Modelling for uncertainty. Markov chains and other decison models.

Head Lecturer(s)

Diogo Manuel de Jesus Mendes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

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