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Course Syllabus
Faculty of Pharmacy
Academic Department: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Academic Year: 2023/2024 Semester: First

Course Title : Pharmacoeconomics

Course No. : 906514
Prerequisite : Pharmacology III (906410)
Concurrent : -----
Credit hours: 2
Department : Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Coordinator : Dr. Shiraz Halloush
Educational Frame Level : 7
Blended learning:
Mode of Instruction: (2/3 in class learning synchronous + 1/3 online
asynchronous)
Lecture time: Monday/Wednesday: 12.00, 13.00
Lecture place: 6013, 6015

* Instructor:
Office Room
Lecturer Office Hours E-mail
Phone .No
Dr. Shiraz Halloush
Dr. Feras El Hajji
1486 4106 As scheduled s_halloush@asu.edu.jo

Course Description:

This course serves an introduction to pharmacoeconomics. It provides a theoretical

foundation and basic methods of application of pharmacoeconomic methods for health care
programs. The course also outlines the use of decision analysis methods to model costs and
outcomes.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes CILOS

Upon the completion of the course, this module should lead to the following learning
outcomes:
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A. Knowledge and Understanding (Student should):

A1 Define pharmacoeconomics.
A2 Understand the importance and clinical relevancy of Pharmacoeconomics.
A3 Identify various types of health care costs and sources
A4 Differentiate between the types of economic analyses
A5 Understand when adjusting for timing of costs is appropriate.
A6 List the steps for performing a decision analysis.

B. Cognitive and Intellectual Skills (Student should):

B1 Calculate incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, cost-utility ratio

B2 Perform discounting calculations

B3 Perform critical appraisal to economic evaluations

C. Subject Specific Skills (Student should):

C1 Determine the perspective of a study based on types of costs measured.
C2 Illustrate the use of cost- effectiveness plane.
C3 Compare the different methods used in estimating utilities.

D. Transferable Skills (Student should):

D1 Educate patients and health care providers and payers.
D2 Inform decision making about cost-effective regimens in drug formulary

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):

- Foundational Knowledge: PLO1
- Essentials for Practice and Care: PLO2- PLO5
- Approach to Practice and Care: PLO6- PLO11
- To be able to identify problems; explore and prioritize potential strategies; and design,
implement, and evaluate a viable solution.
- To be able to educate all audiences by determining the most effective and enduring
ways to impart information and assess understanding.
- To be able to assure that patients’ best interests are represented.
- To be able to actively participate and engage as a healthcare team member.
- To be able to recognize social determinants of health to diminish disparities and
inequities in access to quality care.
- To be able to effectively communicate verbally and nonverbally when interacting with
an individual, group, or organization
- Personal and Professional Development: PLO12-PLO15

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- Pharmaceutical product expert: PLO16-PLO17

Course Learning Outcomes Alignment Matrix

PLOS CLO. 1 CLO. 2 CLO. 3 CLO. 4

A1, A2, A4,

PLO6 C2
A5, A6
PLO7 B1- B3 D2
PLO8 D1
PLO9 C3
PLO10 A3
PLO11 C1

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Course Contents and Schedule

Teaching & Evaluation

learning tools
Week Date Topics to be covered CLOs PLOs
methods

Course Introduction
1 15/10 In-class lecture
Introduction to In-class lecture Mid-term Exam A1, A2, A4,
2 22/10 Pharmacoeconomics 6
A5, A6, C2
Measuring and Estimating In-class lecture 1Assignment
3 29/10 Costs (Categorization and Problem Mid-term Exam A1-A6, C2 10 ,6
perspective) Solving
Measuring and Estimating Mid-term Exam
In-class lecture
4 05/11 Costs (Standardization and A1-A6, C2 10 ,6
discounting)
Measuring and Estimating Pre-Recorded Mid-term Exam
5 12/11 A1-A6, C2 10 ,6
Costs (Resources) Video
Cost-Minimization In-class lecture Assignment 2 A1, A2, A4,
6 19/11 Analysis Problem Mid-term Exam A5, A6, B1- 7 ,6
Solving B3, D2
Quiz 1 A1, A2, A4,
In-class lecture
7 26/11 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Mid-term Exam A5, A6, B1- 7 ,6
B3, D2
In-class lecture 3Assignment A1, A2, A4,
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
8 03/12 Problem Mid-term Exam A5, A6, B1- 7 ,6
(ICER plane and WTP)
Solving B3, D2
A1, A2, A4,
9 10/12 Cost-Utility Analysis In-class lecture Final Exam A5, A6, B1- 7 ,6
B3, D2
A1, A2, A4,
Cost-Utility Analysis
10 17/12 In-class lecture Final Exam A5, A6, B1- 7 ,6
(ICUR and WTP)
B3, D2
Pre-Recorded Quiz 2 C1
11 24/12 Measuring Utility Values 11
Video Final Exam
In-class lecture 4Assignment C1
12 31/12 Measuring Utility Values Problem Final Exam 11
Solving
A1, A2, A4,
13 07/1 Cost-Benefit Analysis In-class lecture Final Exam A5, A6, B1- 7 ,6
B3, D2
Decision Analysis Tools Pre-Recorded Final Exam
14 14/1 C1, C3 11 ,9
1 Video
Decision Analysis Tools Final Exam
15 21/1 In-class lecture C1, C3 11 ,9
2
.16 28/1 FINAL EXAM

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Grading Plan and Assessment Tools

Course Evaluation Plan

Assessment Tools Degree Class Outputs

Midterm exam 30 A1-A6 C2, D2

Final exam 40 A1-A6 B1-B3 C1-C3
D1-D2
10 A1-A6 B1-B3 C1, C2
Assignments D2
Evaluation Jobs and
Duties
Case
Studies
Discussion
and
Interaction
Group
Activities
Lab Quizzes
Presentations
Quizzes 20 A1-A6 B1-B3 C1-C3
D1-D2
Reports
Projects
Others
Total 100

Supplementary Reading

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Textbook:
1. Essentials of Pharmacoeconomics, 2nd edition (2014) – Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins. Author: Karen Rascati
2. Drummond MF, Sculpher MJ, Claxton K, Stoddart GL, Torrance GW.
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Fourth
Edition. Cambridge: Oxford University Press. 2015

References:
1. Healthcare Economics Made Easy, 2nd edition (2017) – Scion Publishing Ltd.
Author: Daniel Jackson.

Recommended for reading:

1. D. P. Briggs, Karl Claxton, and Mark Sculpher. Decision modelling for health
economic evaluation

:Electronic material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlxMLG5xs9w&t=4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDmFxJnrhR8

:Other sites

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