SA4D3 Half Unit
Valuing Health
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Adam Oliver COW3.06
Availability
This course is available on the MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing, MSc in Health, Population and Society, MSc in International Health Policy and MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
The course is of value to those wishing to work as health policy analysts or economists/behavioural economists after graduation, be that in academia, government, industry, or management and practice.
Course content
This course offers a thorough understanding of how economists tend to value health and explores some of the problems inherent in these valuations. As such, the course offers teaching in many aspects of behavioural economics, with specific health-related application.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT. 1 hour of lectures in the ST.
Formative coursework
Students will be given a progress test at the end of MT--this will be