Course curriculum

This course will take place Thursday 21st September 2023.

  • 1

    Health Economics Explained (HEX): Pre-course information

    • Welcome to Health Economics Explained (HEX)

    • About your facilitators

    • Joining link and Agenda for for 21st September 2023

    • Health Economics Explained (HEX) Learning Accessibility Statement

  • 2

    Welcome and Introductions

    • Welcome session
  • 3

    Key concepts in economics and health economics

    • Session 1
  • 4

    The economic value in a health service setting

    • Session 2
  • 5

    The economic impact of operational or service changes

    • Session 3
  • 6

    A case for investment to improve value

    • Session 4
  • 7

    Final review, Q&A and closing session

    • Closing session

FAQ

  • What is HEX?

    Health Economics Explained (HEX) is a one-day online interactive course designed to give a basic introduction to health economics – with a particular focus on value. The course teaches how to measure value, talk about it and include it in business cases for service improvement.

  • What skills will I gain?

    Participants gain the skills to:
    • use appropriate tools for use in economic evaluation in healthcare
    • understand the quality of economic evaluations and how they feed into local and national health decision making
    • articulate what value is and how to measure it • demonstrate the value of service improvement or workforce transformation.