Seminar Profile
| General features | |
|---|---|
| Title | Health Economic Evaluation |
| Reference number(s) | 375002 |
| Semester | Winter term 2023/24 |
| Rhythm of the event | Winter term only |
| Framework topic (content) | The seminar applies methods for cost and benefit estimation, qualitative methods, and empirical analyses in health economics. |
| Target audience/ assignment | MSc WiWi PO 2018 - Area Health Economics |
| Number of places | 9 |
| Language | German (seminar paper can also be written in English by arrangement) |
| Venue | Internal seminar |
| Practice partner | No |
| Rhythm of the course | Block event |
| Preparation of term paper | During the lecture period |
| Requirements and support | |
| Objective | Students will write a seminar paper. Various topics of health economic evaluation (including practical method application) will be provided for selection. Before completion, students will present their work in a block event that also includes a group discussion. |
| Required prior knowledge | A prerequisite for participation is that at least one of the modules "Secondary Data Analysis as an Evaluation Method" or "Health Economic Evaluation with Secondary Data," as well as "Quality of Life and Preference Measurement in the Context of Health Economic Evaluations," has been successfully completed. |
| Supporting course for an introduction to scientific work | Introduction to Scientific Work at the Institute of Health Economics (375018/273021/275016) |
| Formal requirements | Guidelines for writing scientific papers and theses |
| General literature | Flick, U., von Kardorff, E. (2005), Qualitative Forschung: Ein Handbuch, 11. Auflage, Berlin. Mayring, P. (2002): Einführung in die qualitative Sozialforschung. Weinheim: Beltz Verlag. Kuckartz, U. (2014): Mixed Methods. Methodologie, Forschungsdesigns und Analyseverfahren. Wiesbaden: Springer. Bortz, J./Döring, N. (2006): Forschungsmethoden und Evaluation für Human- und Sozialwissenschaftler. Heidelberg: Springer. Neubauer, S., Zeidler, J., Lange, A., Graf von der Schulenburg, J.-M. (2017), Prozessorientierter Leitfaden für die Analyse und Nutzung von Routinedaten der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung, 1. Auflage, Baden-Baden. Schöffski, O., Graf von der Schulenburg, J.-M. (Hrsg.) (2011), Gesundheitsökonomische Evaluationen, 4. Auflage, Berlin. Swart, E., Gothe, H., Geyer, S., Jaunzeme, J., Maier, B., Grobe, T.G., Ihle, P. (2015), Gute Praxis Sekundärdatenanalyse (GPS): Leitlinien und Empfehlungen - 3. Fassung; In: Das Gesundheitswesen: Bd. 77.2015, 2, S. 120-126; dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1396815, Stuttgart Swart, E., Ihle, P., Gothe, H., Matusiewicz, D. (Hrsg.) (2014), Routinedaten im Gesundheitswesen - Handbuch Sekundärdatenanalyse: Grundlagen, Methoden und Perspektiven, 2. Auflage, Bern. Wooldridge (2016), Introductory Econometrics, 6th edition, Cengage Learning, chapters 2-9, 13-15. Angrist and Pischke (2015), Mastering ’Metrics, Princeton Drummond, M. F. et al. (2005), Methods of the Economic. Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, 3. Auflage, Oxford. |
| Basic literature as an introduction to each topic | By arrangement |
| Methodology | Basic knowledge in the methods of secondary data analysis or qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. |
| Special software used | Depending on the topic selection, Excel, R, SAS, Stata, MAXQDA, SPSS. |
| Recommended word processing software | No special recommendation |
| Term paper page count | 12-14 pages |
| Discussion of outline | Several possible |
| Performance requirements / evaluation incl. weighting | Attendance required, written part 75% and presentation 25% |
| Assessor | PD Dr. Jan Zeidler |
| Contact person | Nicolas Pardey |
| Group Assignments and Topics | |
| Group work | No |
| Group size | - |
| Group composition procedure | - |
| Topics | Publication of the seminar topics on 23/10/2023 |
| Topic allocation procedure | Preference submission and application until 30/10/2023 |
Type of pre-registration | After outline discussion binding registration and topic assignment |
| Time schedule | |
| Pre-registration / application | Preference submission and application until 30/10/2023 by e-mail to Nicolas Pardey |
| Preliminary discussion / topic presentation / kick-off meeting | 13/11/2023 10:00 am to 11:00 am |
| Topic assignment | 13/11/2023 |
| Binding registration | After kick-off meeting |
| Start of processing term paper | 13/11/2023 |
| Submission of seminar paper | 29/01/2024 |
| Submission of presentation | 14/01/2024 |
| Presentation event | 15/01/2024 9:00 am to 2:00 pm |
