APPLIED COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS IN THE HEALTHCARE
Applied Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in the Healthcare
Overview
Healthcare systems are under increasing pressure to balance rising costs, accessibility and the quality of care. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) provides essential approaches for evaluating healthcare interventions, guiding decision-making and ensuring that limited resources are allocated efficiently. This course equips participants with the knowledge and tools to understand the healthcare landscape, analyse financial and non-financial barriers, assess the workforce and delivery models and explore ethical as well as policy considerations. At the end of the course, participants will have both the analytical insight and practical perspective required to navigate complex healthcare systems and apply cost-effective thinking to real-world challenges.
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare Administrators
- Policy Makers in Healthcare
- Healthcare IT Managers
- Business Development Executives
Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the structure, organisation and financing of healthcare systems.
- Identify financial and non-financial barriers to access.
- Analyse different models of healthcare organisation and delivery.
- Assess the strategies for cost control and quality improvement.
- Explore the role of prevention and workforce planning in healthcare efficiency.
- Recognise ethical dilemmas and rationing decisions in resource allocation.
- Compare international approaches to healthcare financing and delivery.
- Evaluate reforms and future directions in healthcare systems.
Outline
Introduction to Healthcare Systems and Access
- The paradox of excess and deprivation in healthcare.
- Public perceptions and current challenges in healthcare systems.
- Modes of paying for healthcare and financing burdens.
- Financial and non-financial barriers to healthcare access.
Organisation and Delivery of Healthcare
- Primary, secondary and tertiary care models.
- The evolving structures of medical care and delivery systems.
- Integration and coordination across health services.
- Role of collaborative healthcare networks and coordinated care models.
Workforce, Cost Control and Quality
- Overview of the healthcare workforce: physicians, nurses, pharmacists and social workers.
- Supply, demand, diversity and representation challenges.
- Cost control strategies: financing, reimbursement and system-level mechanisms.
- Components of high-quality care and proposals for improvement.
Prevention, Ethics and Rationing
- The role of prevention in healthcare efficiency and cost savings.
- Individual vs. population approaches to prevention.
- Core principles of medical ethics in resource allocation.
- Rationing healthcare: effectiveness, fairness and ethical dilemmas.
Global Perspectives and Reform
- Comparative healthcare systems: Germany, Canada, UK, Japan.
- Models of national health insurance and financing approaches.
- Major reforms including pluralistic approaches to healthcare coverage.
- Future challenges: conflict, change, and sustainability in healthcare systems.
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