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Economic Evaluation in Health Care – (M.Sc.)
City University London
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| Application Deadline: | We have no specific application deadline, and an early application is recommended | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 9,920 - ≈ € 13,612 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of City University London
This course is designed to meet the increased demand for quantitative and analytical skills in the process of decision-making in the healthcare sector.
Economic issues involved in healthcare are universally recognised as being critically important. The growth of both the public and private healthcare sectors in recent years means that there is a large and growing demand for health economics expertise. Analysing and understanding resource issues is increasingly necessary for health professionals, whether clinical, in health services management or in industries related to healthcare.
This course is designed to provide economic evaluation skills applied to the health care sector. In keeping with the University's aims to provide high quality, professionally-relevant education, the course offers training both in the conceptual bases for economic evaluation and in advanced quantitative methods relevant to healthcare decision-making at a level that is adequate for both economists and non-economists.
You will have access to HTAinSite, an online database which provides quick access to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) decisions made from 2000-2009. The database contains a summary of the clinical and cost-effectiveness evidence base reviews by NICE along with headline recommendations. It also has links to original NICE documentation so that the "helicopter view" provided in the database can be followed up by a detailed review of the guidance.
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching
This course is designed to be flexible in the range of teaching methods used. You will be taught through a mixture of lectures, seminars, student presentations, analysis of case studies and interactive computer-based exercises, particularly in relation to the quantitative elements of the course.
In your third term we organise for experts from outside City to come in and present current research on both methodological and applied topics.
The course has just over 220 formal contact hours. Each module has 3 hours of instruction for 10 weeks, plus approximately 10 hours will be spent with your supervisor at various stages of the dissertation.
Three hours teaching time is allocated for each session of each module. However, this will not necessarily involve three hours of lecturing, as time is also set aside for workshops and tutorials. You can use the rest of the day to use the library and computing facilities, and for doing other course-related work.
Assessment
We will assess you by coursework and examinations. At postgraduate level, you are required to obtain (1) a minimum mark of 40% in all assessment components, and (2) a weighted average of 50% in total.
Career Prospects 92% of City's 2009 Economics graduates were in employment or further study within 6 months of graduating.
The MSc in Economic Evaluation in Health Care has an excellent record of graduate employment. Most of our students come to the course with no background in economics - yet even before completing the course, many have been promoted or recruited to positions as health economists.
Job destinations
Example of where our 2009 Economics graduates (from all MSc courses) are now working:
* Data analyst, Abacus International
* Human rights specialist, Alpha Bank
* Barclays Bank
* Research economist, Brava
* Accountant, Confederation of British Industry
* Market researcher, Deutsche Bank
* Sales assistant, Ealing PCT
* Research executive, Eli-Lilly
* Senior health economist, Fidelity
* Senior health liaison manager, Gallaher Ltd
* Finance graduate trainee, I3 Innovus
* Project manager, IM Health
* Commercialist, Johnson and Johnson
* Health economy liaison manager, Kovis d.o.o
* Analyst, Network Rail
* Project leader, NHS Business Service Authority
* Marketing executive, Novo Nordisk
* Customer relations officer, Oxford Outcomes Ltd
* Health outcomes advisor, Research International
* Assistant Director of performance and planning, Suits You
* Collection agent, Synovate
* Economist , Tomtah
* Database office health economist, United Nations Development Programme
Contents
Course Content This course is designed to meet the increased demand for quantitative and analytical skills in the process of decision-making in the healthcare sector.
Course Structure
You take seven modules and produce a dissertation.
Modules are:
* Economics of health care
* Economic evaluation in health care
* Welfare economics
* Quantitative methods
* Epidemiology
* Advanced economic evaluation in health care
* Economic evaluation workshops
* Dissertation
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
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Register Now!Requirements
In general, we ask you to have:
* A quantitative background and a good honours degree in a relevant discipline, or a good honours degree in any discipline supplemented by relevant work experience. Candidates without a degree will be considered provided they have appropriate professional qualifications or experience.
* An equivalent qualification from an overseas university.
If your first language is not English you must show evidence that your command of the English Language is suitable for entry to Postgraduate study. You would be expected to have one of the following English Language qualifications:
* A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by the University as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions in Australia, Canada or the USA.
* GCE O-level/GCSE English language or English literature, grade C minimum.
* Cambridge ESOL CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) at grade C or above.
* An overall score of 6.5 in the English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a minimum of 6.0 for each subtest. Cass Business School, Law and Journalism require a minimum score of 7.0 overall, with a 7.0 in Writing and a minimum of 6.5 for each of the Reading and Listening subtests.
* A score of 600 minimum (computer score 250) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Cass Business School, Law and Journalism require a minimum score of 620 (computer score 260).
* Satisfactory standard in the verbal section of the Princeton Test (GMAT).
* US SAT with 500 in verbal performance.
* Warwick English Language Test (WELT) with pass grades of BBC minimum.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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