CTS 0557 - Health Economics
Course Description
This course aims to introduce health care professionals and clinical researchers to key economic concepts and their relation to health care. The course is designed for students with no or rudimentary understanding of economics. In addition to providing students with a foundation in economics, the course will provide students with an understanding of the structure and performance of the US health care system, and an introduction to methods for the economic evaluation of medical technology. The course will also include lectures on the regulation of medical technology, health care innovation, and emerging health policy trends. Coursework will include a workshop in which students will gain hands-on experience manipulating economic evaluations for medical technology.
Students should be trained in the medical sciences (e.g., MD, DO, DDS, DVM, PharmD), have advanced biomedical or clinical degrees, be enrolled in an advanced biomedical or clinical degree program, or have substantial biomedical or clinical research experience.
Basic Enrollment Requirements: Unofficial Transcript – Bachelor’s. You will be contacted after registration for required evidence of immunization.
Instructor Approval: Required. Please email the instructor of this course to request permission to enroll. We typically recommend including a resume, your educational history, and 2-3 sentences as to why you are interested in taking the course. You may register for this course before receiving approval, but your enrollment will not be confirmed until approval is received. Please contact us at Courses@tufts.edu if you have not heard back from your instructor.
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Remission Eligible: Yes; first day of term; all university policies apply.