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This module will provide an understanding of a number of key concepts and theories for value assessment in health, including an appreciation of value-based health care and value-based payments. 听You will also learn about decision science and decision-making behaviour, including tools and methods to inform decisions. 听Lastly, you will learn about the need for sustainable health financing and funding mechanisms.
Module Content:
1.听听 听Introduction to current issues facing commissioners and decision makers (agency relationship, constrained budgets, budget silos, evidence and experts)
2.听听 听What is value? (clinical value, economic value, value measurement)
3.听听 听 Value based health care (history, concepts, adoption globally, challenges)
4.听听 听Value based payment (value-based pricing and reimbursement models, outcome-based payments, pricing innovations to get market access)
5.听听 听Decision science (how are choices made, evidence base, individual based decisions, population based decisions, understanding behaviour and behavioural change)
6.听听 听Decision analysis for health innovations (different modelling approaches, use of RWE, modelling uncertainty)
7.听听 听Decision tools in healthcare (history of decision support tools, evidence needed, uptake, stakeholder views of shared decision making)
8.听听 听Sustainable healthcare (three pillars of sustainability: social, economic and environmental, measurement and evaluation)
9.听听 听Sustainable healthcare financing (how much to spend, what level of coverage, how to deliver value)
10.听听 听Future healthcare system challenges (RWE, funding/budgets, ageing, digital/AI innovations)
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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