SA4L5 Half Unit
Applied Health Econometrics
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Grace Lordan OLDM2.26
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Pre-requisites
Students must have completed Health Economics (SA408).
Alternatively, students should have completed another foundation course in microeconomics. If this was completed outside of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ at an undergraduate level, please contact Dr. Lordan for further advice.
Course content
Most research questions, in health economics require students to apply econometric techniques. This course will introduce these techniques and students exiting the course can expect to have acquired a competency in econometrics as it is applied to health economics. The seminars- which are lab based- will allow students to apply these methods to practical problems using Stata and decipher the results.
This content of this course may be useful to those considering the half unit SA4E9 Advanced Health Economics which will run in weeks 6 to 11 of LT and week 1 of ST. See the SA4E9 cours