BUSINESS C781
Health Economics and Evaluation
Fall 2026
Topics
- health economics
- cost effectiveness
Readings
- Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment: A Practical Course
- Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes
- Medical Decision Making: A Health Economic Primer
- Eldin, R., McCabe, C., Hulme, C., Hall, P., and Wright, J (2015) Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Aseessment: A Practical Course ($124 new, Amazon Chapter Indigo, etc). PDF available through McMaster Library Website.
- Felder, S., Mayrhofer, T. (2022) Medical Decision Making: A Health Economic Primer Third Edition. Springer ($ 91.61 Amazon, Chapters Indigo).
- Hancock-Howard, Rebecca L., et al. "Cost effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve replacement compared to medical management in inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis: Canadian analysis based on the PARTNER Trial Cohort B findings." Journal of Medical Economics 16.4 (2013): 566-574.
- Azizam, Nor Azmaniza, et al. "Cost-effectiveness analysis of biologic sequential treatments for moderate-to-severe psoriasis: A Malaysian healthcare system perspective." Plos one 19.9 (2024): e0307234.
- Wilson, Edward CF. "A practical guide to value of information analysis." Pharmacoeconomics 33.2 (2015): 105-121.
- Sullivan, Sean D., et al. "Budget impact analysis—principles of good practice: report of the ISPOR 2012 Budget Impact Analysis Good Practice II Task Force." Value in health 17.1 (2014): 5-14.
- Mason, J., Drummond, M., & Torrance, G. (1993). Some guidelines on the use of cost effectiveness league tables. British Medical Journal, 306(6877), 570-572
- Mussen, F., Peacock, S., Watkins, J., Ijzerman, M. (2016) Multiple criteria decision analysis for health care decision making – An introduction: Report 1 of the ISPOR MCDA emerging good practices task force. Value in Health, 19, 1.-13