Introduction to Economic Evaluation for Health Technology Assessment

The course will introduce the concepts of HTA and economic evaluations in health covering the history of their development and rationale for their use.

Datum: 23. – 27. Juni 2025
Zeit: 10.00 Uhr bis 17.00 Uhr
Ort: Universität Luzern, Seminarraum 3.B47

Objectives:

  • Understand the concepts and rationale of HTA and types of economic evaluation
  • Understand when you would use a decision tree model and how they work
  • Understand when you would use a Markov model, how they work and how to use them to inform decision making
  • Appreciate the importance of uncertainty in economic evaluations and how this can be assessed
  • Be able to generate a probabilistic Markov model in Excel and produce and interpret outputs
  • Understand the concept of value of information and calculate this from probabilistic model results
  • Learn about key developments and debates in HTA including precision medicine, real-world evidence and the willingness to pay threshold

Please visit the website for more details: Introduction to Economic Evaluation for Health Technology Assessment - Swiss Society of Health Economics sggö