Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1

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Modules Available for Study:

	Module 1, Part 1: Scope of Health Economics Module 1, Part 2: Key Information Sources
	Module 2: Sources and Characteristics of Information
	Module 3: Identification and Retrieval of Published Health Economic Evaluations
	Module 4 : Principles of Critical Appraisal of Health Economic Evaluations

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Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course

Module 1, Part 1: The Scope of Health Economics

Health economics:

is a broad-based subdiscipline of economics
is concerned with maximizing benefits within available resources
overlaps with a number of topics, both within and apart from, health and medicine
interacts with many other disciplines
encompasses more than economic evaluation alone
has a significant role in health care decision-making at policy and clinical level

On to Module 1, Part 2: Key Information Sources

Part 2 of this module:

outlines the range and type of information relevant to health economics
outlines and highlights key sources and tools which may be used in accessing information for health economics

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Last Reviewed: June 22, 2017