Course: Economic Evaluation

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Course title Economic Evaluation
Course code MRS/ZEE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Harmáček Jaromír, doc. Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Schlossarek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Economic evaluation provides feedback on whether a particular investment program represents an effective expenditure of financial, human, and material resources. The course introduces students to selected analytical tools used in the areas of development cooperation and environmental protection. Specifically, it is cost-benefit analysis (CBA), cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), and cost-utility analysis (CUA). The case studies discussed within the subject are relevant primarily for developing countries.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to introduce to students basic tools of economic evaluation
Students and understand basic tools of the economic evaluation. They can use these tools in practice.
Prerequisites
Students should know the basics of applied statistics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Written exam, individual tasks, presentation(s)
Recommended literature
  • Briggs, Andrew H., Karl Claxton and Mark J. Sculpher. (2006). Decision modelling for health economic evaluation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Dominic J. BREWER, Patrick J. MCEWAN. (2010). Economics of education. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Folland, S., Goodman, A.C., Stano, M. (2017). The Economics of Health and Health Care. London: Routledge.
  • Glewwe, P. (2014). Education policy in developing countries. Chicago, Ill.
  • Levin, Henry M. (2018). Economic evaluation in education: cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis. Los Angeles: SAGE.


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