Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1 Search NLM Web Site NLM Home | Contact NLM | Site Map | FAQs National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) NICHSR Home | About Us | Contact Us Home > Health Services Research & Public Health > NICHSR Printer-friendly Version About these Health Economics Information Resources: A Modules Self-Study Course: Module 1 Home Introduction and Purpose Module 1: The Scope of Health Economics Index The Modules This Module is divided into two parts: Modules Available for Study: Part 1 - outlines the scope of the subdiscipline of health economics Module 1, Part 1: Scope of and highlights the range of potential information required Part 2 - Health outlines and highlights the type of information that may be required Economics and key sources of that information 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 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/edu/healthecon/01_he_intro.html (1 of 2)5/31/2007 5:12:33 AM Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1 Search NLM Web Site NLM Home | Contact NLM | Site Map | FAQs National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) NICHSR Home | About Us | Contact Us Home > Health Services Research & Public Health > NICHSR Printer-friendly Version About these Health Economics Information Resources: A Self- Modules Study Course Home Introduction and Purpose Module 1, Part 1: The Scope of Health Index Economics The Modules Part 1 of this two-part module: Modules Available for Study: ● describes the nature of health economics Module 1, Part ● positions the role of health economics in health care decision 1: Scope of making Health ● provides an overview of the structure of the subdiscipline of Economics health economics; and Module 1, Part ● Introduces and explains some fundamental concepts in health 2: Key economics 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 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/edu/healthecon/01_he_01.html (1 of 2)5/31/2007 4:53:31 AM Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1 Search NLM Web Site NLM Home | Contact NLM | Site Map | FAQs National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) NICHSR Home | About Us | Contact Us Home > Health Services Research & Public Health > NICHSR Printer-friendly Version About these Health Economics Information Resources: A Self- Modules Study Course Home Introduction and Purpose Module 1, Part 1: The Scope of Health Index Economics The Modules Modules Available for Study: Module 1, Part 1: Scope of Health Health Economics lies at Economics the interface of economics and medicine and applies the discipline Module 1, Part 2: of economics to the topic of health. Key Information Sources Why is it important to look at economics in health? Module 2: Sources and There are several reasons. Health resources are Characteristics of finite. A choice must be made about which Information resources to use for which activities. By choosing Module 3: to use resources for one activity, the opportunity Identification of using those resources for alternative activities is and Retrieval of Published Health given up and the benefits associated with the best Economic alternative use of resources is lost. This is called Evaluations the opportunity cost . Module 4 : Principles of Critical Appraisal Let's look at opportunity cost. The aim of economics of Health is to ensure that the chosen activities have Economic benefits which outweigh their opportunity costs Evaluations OR the most beneficial activities are chosen within Related Content: the resources available. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/edu/healthecon/01_he_02.html (1 of 2)5/31/2007 4:54:13 AM Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1 Glossary of Economics is concerned with efficiency but it is more Terms than just efficiency. Key General Economics Efficiency is not the only objective in choosing how Concepts health care resources should be allocated. We also Bibliography need to think about equity, or the fair distribution of Web Sites resources and benefits, which is also an objective in health care decision-making. Economics provides Quizzes/Review an information framework in which the objectives Evaluation of both efficiency and equity may be pursued. 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Print the page out and Economics do the exercise on the printed page. You will use this Module 1, Part 2: exercise when you get to Module 3 to compare what Key Information you write down with specific subject terms used in Sources searching the two major bibliographic databases, Module 2: MEDLINE and EMBASE. Sources and Characteristics of Information Module 3: What does health economics mean to you? (Write Identification a short paragraph.) and Retrieval of Published Health Economic Evaluations Module 4 : Principles of Critical Appraisal of Health Economic Evaluations Related Content: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/edu/healthecon/01_he_04.html (1 of 2)5/31/2007 4:55:32 AM Health Economics Information Resources: A Self-Study Course: Module 1 Glossary of Write down some specific topics or headings Terms which you associate with the subject of health Key Health economics. 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