Introduction to Health Technology Assessment (CTS-0152)

Spring 2024 · CTS 0152 · Tufts University · 2 credits · Undergraduate

This course describes the practice of health technology assessment, as conducted by major agencies and other organizations in the United States and elsewhere, and introduces the technical tools used to project health benefits and costs. For the United States, the course reviews guidelines promulgated by the Second Panel on Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health, and value assessment frameworks developed in the United States, with a focus on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). The review of HTA in other countries focuses on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and also reviews approaches used by agencies in other countries. Finally, the course introduces the use of computer simulation to estimate value when empirical data alone will not suffice.

Course codes: CTS-0152, CTS 0152, CTS0152, CTS-152, CTS 152, CTS152

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