Undergraduate courses
The Center teaches the Pharmacoeconomics course to fourth-year pharmacy students from the spring semester of 2021 and to medical students from 2024 . The lectures are given in Hungarian and English languages as well.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Practice-oriented teaching of basic health- and pharmacoeconomic knowledge for pharmacy and medical students to enable them interpreting and determining the cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, and understanding the principles of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:
COURSE OUTLINE
Farmakoökonómia/Pharmacoeconomics
Health technology assessment (HTA) is the evaluation of health technologies (including pharmaceuticals) from different perspectives (incl. clinical, economic, organizational, ethical etc.) to support health policy decision making at institutional-, and macro (i.e national) level. Practice-oriented teaching of basic health- and pharmacoeconomic knowledge for students enables them interpreting and determining the cost-effectiveness of health technologies (including pharmaceuticals), and understanding the principles of pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement.
Competencies acquired through the completion of the course: Command of key health economic terms, including: health technology assessment (HTA), steps of economic evaluations, measurement of health outcomes incl. health related quality of life, measurement of costs, pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical policy.
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Class (45 min theory followed by 45 min practice) |
Topic |
Lecturer |
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Week 1 90 min |
Health care market and market failures, Elements of health care systems, Financing health care https://itc.semmelweis.hu/moodle/mod/kalvidres/view.php?id=203968
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Zoltán Kaló |
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Week 3 90 min |
Pharmacoeconomics, Health Technology Assessment, Classification of economic evaluations https://itc.semmelweis.hu/moodle/mod/kalvidres/view.php?id=203974 |
Zoltán Kaló |
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Week 5 90 min |
Steps of health economic evaluation I – Evidence synthesis, health outcome measurement (quality of life, utility, quality-adjusted life years) https://itc.semmelweis.hu/moodle/mod/kalvidpres/view.php?id=231217 |
Zsuzsanna Petykó, András Inotai |
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Week 7 90 min |
Steps of health economic evaluation II – Measuring costs, decision rule (threshold, multicriteria decision analysis) https://itc.semmelweis.hu/moodle/mod/kalvidpres/view.php?id=203978 |
Balázs Nagy |
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Week 9 90 min |
Health economic modeling (classification, applicability) |
Balázs Nagy |
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Week 11 90 min |
Pricing of original and generic medicines
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András Inotai |
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Week 13 90 min |
Pharmaceutical reimbursement system and cost control techniques
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András Inotai |
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Evaluation Week 14 |
Test type exam |
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EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE CONTROL
Knowledge testing during the semester:
NA
Requirements of the signature:
Regular attendance is strongly recommended; however, it is not mandatory for semester acceptance. No attendance sheet will be used. Audio recordings of the classes will be available throughout the semester and will be shared on Moodle for students to make up for absences. No need to justify absence.
Type of performance control:
Practical course mark
Form of performance control in the examination period (written, oral, written and oral):
Test type written (Moodle based) classroom exam of the entire semester curricula at week 14, opportunity for correction: week 1 of exam period). Min. 40% is required to pass. Duration 45 mins/40 test type questions incl. true/false, simple choice, multiple correct answer quiz question. Detailed technical information and test tutorial will be shared on Moodle.
READING MATERIAL
List of teaching materials: (List of textbooks, hand-outs, scripts, etc.)
slide decks and audio recordings of the classes (available throughout the semester), compulsory and recommended reading materials, test tutorial for the entire semester curricula. All materials are uploaded to Moodle and assigned to be-weekly classes.
Additional recommended reading:
- Drummond: Methods for the Economic evaluation of the health care programmes. Oxford University Press 2005
Full course description can be downloaded:
https://semmelweis.hu/hta/files/2024/08/GYTK_UJ_Pharmacoeconomics_GYKETE131G1A_IA.docx
https://semmelweis.hu/hta/files/2024/08/884_MD_Intro_Pharmacoeconomics_ENG.pdf
FEEDBACK OF STUDENTS FOR THE LECTURERS OF PHARMACOECONOMICS (OMHV):
2020/21/II:
Feedback of students for the lecturers of Pharmacoeconomics (OMHV):
Pharmacoeconomics_GYETEFOAG1A
Action plan can be downloaded: Action plan_2021
2021/22/I:
Feedback of students for the lecturers of Pharmacoeconomics (OMHV):
Pharmacoeconomics_GYETEFOAG1A
Action plan can be downloaded: Action plan_2022
2022/23/I:
Feedback of students for the lecturers of Pharmacoeconomics (OMHV):
Introduction to Pharmacoeconomics (practice) – GYKETE089G1A
Action plan can be downloaded: Action plan_2023
Feedback of students for the lecturers of Pharmacoeconomics (OMHV):
Launching OMHV survey for GYKETE131G1A was failed for reasons beyond our control.