Medical Decision Analysis and Cost Effect Research

3.0 credits

Decision and cost-effectiveness analyses are increasingly used to evaluate alternative choices in clinical practice and to enlighten and inform health policy determinations. In this course, students are introduced to the methods and objectives of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness research, as well as to important study design issues that distinguish these investigations from other clinical research studies. Students will also learn decision analysis software such that they can perform analyses themselves as a class project. The course will be taught in an online hybrid format consisting of a weekly 1.5-hour classroom session supplemented by online learning and practice activities using Blackboard.