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VideoMultimedia, Teaching Resource 2018EMR20: What is an Epidemic?
In the first of two videos on basic epidemiology, Professor David Cutler asks, how do …
In the first of two videos on basic epidemiology, Professor David Cutler asks, how do we define epidemics and how do we measure them? He defines and differentiates incidence and prevalence and explains how these metrics relate to duration of a disease. Using HIV infection as the illustrative example, he explains how treatment has resulted in a reduction in mortality rates, and therefore an increase in prevalence, despite declining incidence. These basic concepts set the…
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VideoMultimedia, Teaching Resource 2018EMR20: Dynamics of an Epidemic
In the second of two videos on basic epidemiology, Professor David Cutler talks about the dynamics of …
In the second of two videos on basic epidemiology, Professor David Cutler talks about the dynamics of an epidemic. He asks, how do we understand when an infection is going to become an epidemic? How can we predict when it will not? He defines an index case and discusses the properties of transmission and people’s interconnectivity, fundamental drivers of epidemics. He uses a visual schematic to differentiate three groups in the population (e.g., susceptible, infected, and removed…
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VideoMultimedia, Teaching Resource 2018EMR20: The Economics of Pharmaceuticals, Part 1
In the first of two videos on the economics of the pharmaceutical industry, Professor David …
In the first of two videos on the economics of the pharmaceutical industry, Professor David Cutler asks students to consider the types of prices that pharmaceutical companies set for their medications, the implications of higher and lower prices, and how to think about this in a global society. He explains basic economic concepts (e.g., demand, supply, marginal cost, willingness to pay, etc.) in an accessible manner using two simple examples. The first case focuses on…
Infectious Diseases | Chronic Disease/Risk | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Business/Industry | Economics/Finance | Science/Technology | Global | North America | High School | College | Graduate | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Quantitative Literacy -
VideoMultimedia, Teaching Resource 2018EMR20: The Economics of Pharmaceuticals, Part 2
In the second of two videos on the economics of the pharmaceutical industry, Professor David Cutler …
In the second of two videos on the economics of the pharmaceutical industry, Professor David Cutler asks students to consider a dynamic context – one in which prices are set to consider both the cost of producing drugs and the costs of investment in R & D to find new drugs. He returns to the relationship between dollars and quantity, but in this case, distinguishes "how many pills to produce" from "how much should the company invest in…
Infectious Diseases | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Business/Industry | Economics/Finance | Science/Technology
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