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HERC Cost Effectiveness Analysis Course

Introduction to Effectiveness, Patient Preferences, and Utilities


by Josephine Jacobs, PhD, MSc
Seminar date: 2/14/2018

Description: Cost-effectiveness analysis measures the benefit or health outcome of an intervention in natural units (like a flu episode avoided) or in the quality-of-life improvement, defined by the quality-adjusted life year or QALY. This class will provide an introduction to the concepts of QALYs and preference measurement, and will include a description of the most common techniques used for measuring QALYs in economic evaluations.



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