Teaching Pack: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III

In this teaching pack on Economic Evaluation: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III, students are introduced to the different types of costs that are included in a cost-effectiveness analysis and learn how the perspective of the analysis helps to determine which costs would be included.  Additionally, students learn the three basic steps to costing, identifying costs, measuring costs, and valuing costs, and become familiar with the recommendations of both the original and the more recent Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine on conducting cost-effectiveness analyses. Materials include an instructor's note, videos, companion slides, a glossary, an annotated bibliography, and sample exercises.

Learning Objectives

• Describe different kinds of ‘costs’ that are included in a cost-effectiveness analysis and understand that the perspective of the analysis determines which costs are included in the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.
• Describe the basic three steps to costing – identifying costs, measuring costs, and valuing costs.
• Be familiar with the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine and the general recommendations for conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Teaching Pack Materials

• Instructor's Note: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III
• Videos: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III in Public Health (5 videos)
• Companion Slides to Videos: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III
• Glossary: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III
• Bibliography: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis III
• Sample Exercises: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis II

This teaching pack was developed by Sue J. Goldie at the Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The multimedia components were developed as part of a series of pilots in the CHDS Media Hub, led by Jake Waxman, where media-based pedagogy experiments contribute to new ways of thinking about short form content. More than 75 multimedia segments were created with a creative and consistent look and feel, designed to foster connection and social proximity with the instructor, while leveraging evidence-based multimedia design principles to optimize cognitive strategies for the learner.