Graduate School of Medicine
Professor,IMANAKA YUUICHI
Graduate School of Medicine
Affiliated
Course title 医療技術の経済評価
Program-SpecificSenior Lecturer,SASAKI NORIKO
department,<English> Economic Evaluation of Medical Technologies
Graduate
Schoolof Medicine
Job title,Name
Program-Specific Senior Lecturer,KUNISAWA SUSUMU
Graduate School of Medicine
Program-Specific Senior Lecturer,OOTSUBO TETSUYA
Target year Professional degree students Number of credits 1
Day/period Wed.4

Class style

LectureCourse offeredyear/period

2017/The first half of firstsemester

Language Japanese and English[Outline and Purpose of the Course]
・ Lectures will address the theories and frameworks that support economic evaluations in health care, andstudents will learn the major research methods used in evaluating healthcare-related economic performance.
・ Economic evaluations of healthcare and medical technologies are usually conducted under practicalconstraints, and students will learn the approaches to conducting research under these conditions.
・ This course will examine economic evaluations in a wide range of healthcare-related topics.

[Course Goals]
・ Students will be able to explain key issues in the theories, frameworks, and research methods that support
economic evaluations of medical technologies including medication.
・ Students will understand the possible biases associated with research involving economic evaluations ofmedical technologies including medication.
・ Economic evaluations are conducted on various aspects of health care, including treatment techniques,
pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, medical examinations, and health policy programs. Students will
understand and be able to explain the differences and respective applications of the main research methods
used in these evaluations, including cost analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses, cost-utility analyses, and costbenefit analyses. Students will also learn the core concepts of cost calculations and outcome measurements,
time-based concepts, discount rates, sensitivity analyses, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios, and theappropriate interpretation of analytical results.
・ Based on the above, students will be able to conduct critical reviews of research articles in this field andexplain their significance. Students will also be able to apply their acquired knowledge and techniques whendeveloping research protocols and conducting research.

[Course Schedule and Contents]
1. April 12 Evaluating the economic performance of health care 1
2. April 19 Evaluating the economic performance of health care 2
3. April 26 Economic evaluation methods in health care
4. May 10 Methodologies in cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses 1
5. May 17 Modeling in economic evaluations
6. May 24 Methodologies in cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses 2
7. May 31 Economic evaluation in health care: Journal article review and discussion 1
8. June 07 Economic evaluation in health care: Journal article review and discussion 2
Note: This schedule is subject to change. Overview of the schedule will be shown at the first day.
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医療技術の経済評価(2)[Class requirement]This course is only open to students involved in MCR course.

[Method, Point of view, and Attainment levels of Evaluation]
1. Report (70%)
2. Classroom participation (30%)[Textbook]Reading materials will be distributed as needed[Reference books, etc.]（Reference books）
・ Drummond MF, et al. Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, 3rd Ed. Oxford,
2005.
・ Myriam Hunink. Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values. Cambridge,
2001.
・ 医療制度・医療政策・医療経済（丸善出版,2013）
・ Handbook of Health Services Research（Springer Science+Business Media）[Regarding studies out of class (preparation and review)]
Both good preparation and review are needed.

（Others (office hour, etc.) ）・ Places available for students without former experiences of studying economics.
・ Our department has been accepting graduate students who are interested in research related to health carepolicies, health care management, and health care quality/safety/cost. (http://med-econ.umin.ac.jp/int/)
Note: Topics related to process and outcome measures, clinical practice variation, healthcare evaluations andassessments, hospital functional assessments, and healthcare quality & safety are included in the course
Evaluation of Quality in Health Care (Wed.3, the last half of first semester). If you would like to learn
about these topics, consider to apply for this course.
*Please visit KULASIS to find out about office hours.