Comprehensive Health Economics & Economic Evaluation Program

Course Overview

This intensive 6-day online training program delivers a structured and comprehensive introduction to modern Health Economics, Economic Evaluation, and Health Technology Assessment (HTA). The 24-hour program follows a “Theory-to-Practice” model where each module begins with core concepts, progresses to analytical tools and methods, and concludes with hands-on workshops, case studies, and real-world policy simulations.

Participants will build a complete skillset covering market principles, cost and outcome measurement, evaluation tools (CEA, CUA, CMA, CBA), HTA frameworks, value assessment, decision modeling (decision trees and Markov models), and budgeting impact analysis. Upon successful completion, participants receive a Certificate in Health Economics and Economic Evaluation.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• ✔️ Explain the foundational concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, efficiency, and equity in healthcare.
• ✔️ Analyze healthcare markets and identify key sources of market failure including information asymmetry, externalities, and moral hazard.
• ✔️ Identify, measure, and value health-related costs and outcomes including QALYs and clinical endpoints.
• ✔️ Apply the four main types of economic evaluation: CMA, CEA, CUA, and CBA.
• ✔️ Critically appraise published economic evaluations using the CHEERS checklist.
• ✔️ Describe HTA processes, domains, and the link between value frameworks and pricing strategies.
• ✔️ Build and analyze basic decision-tree and Markov models for cost-effectiveness analysis.
• ✔️ Interpret model outputs including ICERs, CEACs, PSA, and 5-year budget impact estimates.
• ✔️ Produce evidence-based policy recommendations incorporating uncertainty, affordability, and local context.

Delivery

Live online delivery (Zoom/Webex), fully integrated with Digital Training Hub’s LMS.

Course Format

• Structure:
• Module 1 – Foundational Principles (Day 1)
• Module 2 – Economic Evaluation Toolkit (Days 2–3)
• Module 3 – HTA & Policy Applications (Day 4)
• Module 4 – Applied Modeling & Decision-Making (Days 5–6)

Methods

Interactive lectures, applied case studies, breakout workshops, modeling exercises, journal-club style critical appraisal, and policy simulation.

Language

Delivered in English with bilingual (Arabic & English) support materials.

Access

Recording access for 30 days + moderated discussion forum.

Target Audience

✔️ Pharmacists, physicians, public-health professionals.

✔️ HTA practitioners, formulary committee members, policymakers.

✔️ Healthcare analysts, researchers, and health-system administrators.

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of healthcare delivery + stable internet.

Weekly / Module Breakdown