Economic evaluation of health care programs provides very essential information as input into decision-making process. In at least seven European countries there are formal requirements for submitting health economic data in the pricing and/or reimbursement processes. Also the Polish Act of 27 Sept. 2004 on Medical Services Financed From Healthcare Budget (Ustawa o swiadczeniach opieki zdrowotnej finansowanych ze srodków publicznych; Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 27 wrzesnia 2004 roku (Dz.U. Nr 210, poz. 2135) specifies that submissions for reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and other medical products should contain “analysis of clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and budget impact”…

    
        Given the increasing demands for practical knowledge in the field of  conduction and interpretation of pharmacoeconomic studies Centrum  Farmakoekonomiki  prepared    
         
         
    Educational program:     
     Phramacoeconomics in practice, which contains three modules:    
 Module I: Measurement and valuation  of costs and outcomes of health care programs
 Module II: Modelling or trial-based economic evaluation: methods of conducting economic evaluation of health care programs. Outcomes studies.
 Module III:

 

 Rational medical decision making: integration of evidence on eficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness and affordability of health care programs.

    Each module includes a number of practical exercises highlighting real-life applications and offering opportunity for the participants to verify and establish the theoretical information and to get the practical skills for solution of a problem.

 
         
  THE AIM OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM:    
 

Linking the theory with practice:

    
 

  • How to choose the appropriate analytical method?

  • How to identify and collect the necessary data?

  • How to conduct the proper analysis?

  • How to report the results?

    
  The objectives of educational program are realised by:    
 

  • Clear definition of key terms and phrases from the field of economic evaluation of health care programs and decision analysis in medicine.

  • Step-by-step approach in presentation of methods for conducting economic evaluation of health care programs,

  • Interactive decision problem solving.

    
  Educational program is addressed to:    
 

  • Anyone involving in undertaking of economic evaluation of health care programs or interpreting their results in medical decision making

    
  Within:    
 

  • HMO

  • pharmaceutical companies

  • research institutions

  • governmental agencies

  • groups of independent experts

    
  Documentation:    
        Each participant will receive a full documentaion related to educational program (theory and practice), selected articles for further study and bibliography.    
       
       
  LECTURER: EWA ORLEWSKA, MD, PhD    
           
        Leader of Polish Centre for Pharmaoeconomics, lecturer in pharmacoeconomics at Medical University of Warsaw, Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education and Business School of Warsaw University of Technology, author of textbook for students and graduets of Medical Universities, projects of Polish guidelines for conducting pharmacoeconomic analyses, financial analyses and cost calculation in the economic evaluations of healthcare programs, member of ISPOR and chair of the Polish Pharmacoeoconomic Guidelines Task Group of the Polish Chapter of ISPOR.    
       
         
     ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS:    
         
     SEMINAR DATES:  Module I: 20-21.04.2005  Module II: 18-19.05.2005  Module III: 15-16.06.2005

 SEMINAR VENUE: Centrum Konferencyjno-Szkoleniowe Hotel Mrówka, 

   
      02-971 Warszawa-Powsin,    
      ul. Przekorna 33    
      (www.hotel-mrowka.pl )    
     FEE: The rate for each module is 2000 PLN.

 DISCOUNTS: In the case of registration of more than one participant from the same institution the special discount for the next persons is 5%. In the case in registration for more than one module, the fee for the next module will be by 5% lower.

 REGISTRATION: Plz comlete the registration form.

    
   

 PAYMENT: Payment can be made by transfer into an account :

    
     Centrum Farmakoekonomiki, ul Kremowa 13, 02-969 Warszawa,    
     Bank PKO S.A. VII O. w Warszawie Al. W. Witosa 31, 00-710 Warszawa    
     08 1240 1109 1111 0000 0515 5893    
     The invoice will be sent after reciving the payment.    
     Cancellation:    
   

  • A full refund of course fee will be made for cancellations received in written at least 14 days prior to the course.

  • 50% refund of course fee will be made for cancellations received between days 14. and 7. prior to the course.

  • Cancellations made less than 7 days prior to the course are not refundable

    
     LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: polish

CONTACT: Centrum Farmakoekonomiki

    
     02-969 Warszawa,    
     ul. Kremowa 13,    
     Tel./Fax. (22) 648 90 48    
     e-mail: cfe@tlen.pl    
         
         
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