Decision Analysis Methods in Public Health and Medicine

Harvard HSPH

An intermediate-level course on methods and health applications of decision analysis modeling techniques. Topics include Markov models, microsimulation models, life expectancy estimation, deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analysis, value of information analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis.Course Note: Familiarity with matrix algebra and elementary calculus may be helpful but not required; lab or section times to be announced at first meeting.Course Prerequisites: (BST201 or…