Introduction to Health Technology Assessment

Course Description

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.

Students are typically professionals in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, clinicians and health care professionals, or biomedical or clinical researchers. 

Basic Enrollment Requirements: Unofficial Transcript – Bachelor’s. You will be contacted after registration for required evidence of immunization.

Instructor Approval: Required. Please email the instructor of this course to request permission to enroll. We typically recommend including a resume, your educational history, and 2-3 sentences as to why you are interested in taking the course. You may register for this course before receiving approval, but your enrollment will not be confirmed until approval is received. Please contact us at Courses@tufts.edu if you have not heard back from your instructor.

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Remission Eligible: Yes; all university policies apply.