Hitotsubashi University
Health Economics Short Course
Economic Evaluation ofHealthcare Technology:

usingcost-effectivenessanalysisWith simultaneous interpretation; Japanese-English
This one-day course, comprising of lectures on theory
and practice of economic evaluation of healthcaretechnologies, is designed for post-graduate students
and professionals working in the health sector.
Submit your online application form by Monday April
10 at the website of the Research Center for Health
Policy and Economics.
There will be a selection process based on theapplication form. The result will be announced
individually to all applicants by Friday April 14.

2017
Venue

Access

4/27

Lecturer

Professor

Mark Sculpher
Center for Health Economics,
The University of York, UK[ Thu.]

Otemachi Sankei Plaza 3F (311-312)
1-7-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 100-0004
Tel. +81-(0)3-3273-2230
Direct access from Otemachi Station A4.E1 Exit

Marunouchi Line/ Hanzomon Line/ Chiyoda Line/Tozai Line/ Toei Mita Line 7 min.
walk from JR Tokyo Station Marunouchi Kita-guchi Exit

URL http://health-economics.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/english/

9:45-15:00
Fee

2,000 JPY (including course materials and lunch)

Enrollment limit

70 participantsOrganiser Research Center for Health Policy and Economics,
Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
Co-sponsor The Kikawada Foundation( The 21-Seiki Bunka Gakujyutsu Zaidan )“Advancing Research inHealth Economics” is
one of the priority areasof researches inHitotsubashi Institute forAdvanced Study (HIAS).

Hitotsubashi University Health Economics Short Course
Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Technology:

using cost-effectiveness analysis
This course consists of lectures by Professor Mark Sculpher from Center for Health Economics at
the University of York in the UK, one of the leading institutes of research and education of healtheconomics. The lectures address theory and practice of cost-effectiveness analysis of healthcaretechnologies.
The course is designed for post-graduate students and professionals in the health sector, and is
aimed for participants to learn cost-effectiveness analysis in a practical manner by using a
spreadsheet software. Japanese researchers will support the participants by answering individualquestions.
Program

9:45-9:50

Opening remarks

9:50-10:00

Overview of the course

10:00-11:00

Lesson 1

Methods of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)(30 min lecture and 30 min practice)
What is cost-effectiveness analysis?
What measure of benefits?
Selecting options to compare
Decision rules
Thresholds – conceptual and empirical
Issues and debates

11:00-12:00

Lesson 2

Different vehicles for CEA(30 min lecture and 30 min practice)
Trials and models in cost-effectiveness analysis
Examples of trial-based studies
Problems with trial-based studies
Key elements of decision modelling

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-15:00

Lesson 3

Introduction to decision modeling(30 min lecture and 30 min practice)
Why modelling?
Decision trees
Basic Markov modelling
Uncertainty analysis

Things to bring1) Laptop PC with a spreadsheet software (MS Excel, Google Spreadsheet, etc.)
2) a calculator (A smartphone with calculator function will do.)Course material

Course material will be prepared by the organiser

Organiser

Research Center for Health Policy and Economics, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study

Co-sponsor

The Kikawada Foundation (The 21-Seiki Bunka Gakujyutsu Zaidan)

Application

Hitotsubashi University Health Economics Short Course

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Please apply by Monday April 10.
*Enrollment limit is 70.
*There will be a selection process based on the application form.

Enquiry

http://health-economics.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/english/contact/Junko MORI, University Research Administrator
Research Center for Health Policy and Economics, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study