Short Courses
We offer a range of short courses in health economics, from one-day introductory level courses to three-day practical courses in economic evaluation.
Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health
In a climate of increasing budgetary pressures, organisations are required to take into account economic considerations when making decisions. Economic analysis provides information that can strengthen a case for funding and is designed to be directly relevant to policy makers. This is a course that provides an introduction to the application of cost effectiveness analysis in health.
Introduction to Health Economics for Health Technology Assessment
Every decision to fund a new medicine or medical device involves trade-offs — between cost and benefit, innovation and affordability, individual need and population impact. Health technology assessment (HTA) is the structured, evidence-based process through which these trade-offs are navigated — and it sits at the centre of some of the most consequential decisions in modern health systems.
Health Inequality and Health Care Equity Research Workshop
This one-day workshop brings together Australian and international researchers to present and discuss work on health inequality, inequity, and equity across access, utilisation, and financing. A key aim is to identify shared interests and future collaborative opportunities, with particular attention to what Australia's emerging integrated data infrastructure — including PLIDA — can offer for health inequality research.
Health Inequality Measurement: Concepts, Methods, and Applications (1-day In-Person)
This one-day course provides a solid grounding in the theory and practice of health inequality measurement, covering core concepts such as relative and absolute measures, health poverty, and the distinction between avoidable and unavoidable inequalities. Participants will learn how to design and conduct health inequality analyses — from defining research questions and sourcing data to applying advanced measurement techniques and critically evaluating empirical evidence.
Health Inequality Measurement: Concepts, Methods, and Applications (3-day Online)
Delivered online across three days, this course covers the theory and practice of health inequality measurement, exploring relative and absolute measures, health poverty, and avoidable and unavoidable inequalities — equipping participants to design, conduct, and critically appraise real-world analyses.
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation Alongside Clinical Studies
This course provides an overview of cost-effectiveness analysis and examples of economic evaluations that have been conducted of trials. Practical information on methods for prospectively collecting costs and outcomes data through administrative data linkage and patient surveys will be provided. It will also explain the techniques used to analyse economic data and illustrate this through examples.
Practical Methods for Health Economic Evaluation
Economic evaluation is widely used to assess many new health care interventions and technologies and is routinely used to allocate scarce health care resources. This course aims to familiarise participants with the methods and techniques that are currently routinely used in evaluations with an emphasis on cost-effectiveness analysis. The course will cover the common steps in an evaluation, from methods for collecting cost and outcome data to analysing, reporting and interpreting the final results.
More Short Courses
For more information about short courses offered by the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, visit the Micro-credentials and Short Courses section on the Study website.
