Measuring and Valuing Health
The course focuses on two different types of measures, asking how they’re developed and calculated, and how they’re used by decision makers in practice: Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course will help you understand how and why choices about drugs and treatments have been made. It may inspire you to think about a career in healthcare, local decision making or academia. You may even wish to take your learning further, with the University of Sheffield’s Masters degrees and short courses in areas such as health economics, public health and international healthcare technology assessment. You can find out more about this subject in Dr Katherine Stevens’ post for the FutureLearn blog: “ How do we make decisions in healthcare about which drugs and treatments to fund? ” You can use the hashtag #FLValuingHealth to talk about this course on social media.
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| Rating | 4.4★ based on 12 ratings |
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| Length | 3 weeks |
| Effort | 3 hours per week |
| Starts | Mar 9 (216 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $84 |
| From | The University of Sheffield via FutureLearn |
| Instructors | Clara Mukuria, Katherine Stevens, Aureliano P Finch, Laura Giles, Hannah Penton, Simon McNamara, Luke Miller |
| Download Videos | Only via web browser |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming |
| Tags | C Health & Psychology |
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| Rating | 4.4★ based on 12 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 weeks |
| Effort | 3 hours per week |
| Starts | Mar 9 (216 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $84 |
| From | The University of Sheffield via FutureLearn |
| Instructors | Clara Mukuria, Katherine Stevens, Aureliano P Finch, Laura Giles, Hannah Penton, Simon McNamara, Luke Miller |
| Download Videos | Only via web browser |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming |
| Tags | C Health & Psychology |
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