Duration: 3.5 hours (including presentation, brief exercises/discussions and Q&A)
Joining information: As the session is in-person only and restricted by room capacity, pre-registration will be required and group size will be limited to a maximum of 20 on a first-come, first-served basis when sign-up opens. We advise sign-up only for those who can commit to attending and engaging with the full session.
Objective: To provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to conducting economic evaluations, tailored for participants with no prior experience. The content is designed to be relevant and applicable across both high-income and low-income settings.
Target Audience: Individuals new to economic evaluation, including students, early-career professionals and practitioners from clinical, policy or research backgrounds.
Structure: This interactive session will cover the following core topics:
- Introduction to economic evaluation: purpose, scope and relevance in health decision-making.
- Key components of an economic evaluation: framing the evaluation, defining comparators and choosing perspectives.
- Types of costs: the different types of cost (such as financial and economic), how they are measured and valued.
- Effectiveness metrics: overview of QALY and DALY outcome measures.
- Cost-effectiveness ratios: interpreting ICERs and understanding thresholds.
- Modelling approaches: basic principles of decision-analytic modelling.
- Cost-effectiveness vs. cost-benefit analysis: comparing frameworks and their policy implications.
- Key messages and questions.