Intro to Cost Benefit Analysis

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This course will introduce students to the basics of economic evaluations of health care interventions or technology. This value depends not only on how effective a treatment is, but also how costly it is. Economic evaluations provide a method for assimilating different costs and health outcomes associated with medical treatments into a common metric that allows one to assess that treatment\2019s worth in relation to other possible alternatives. By the end of this course, students should be familiar with the basic types of economic evaluations and should understand what issues should be addressed in performing a sound economic evaluation. Through examples and applications, students should also become familiar with how specific economic evaluations are performed, and what are the major challenges and limitations of these approaches. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Health and Human Sciences Health Services Administration