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Semester 2 Examinations 2010/ 2011
Exam Code(s) 1MHE1, 1MPL1, 1MCR1, 1MCR Exam(s) M.Sc. (Health Economics), M.Phil., M.Sc. (Clinical Research)
Module Code(s) EC Module(s) Health Technology Assessment
Paper No. 1 Repeat Paper
External Examiner(s) Professor Patrick McGregor Internal Examiner(s) Professor John McHale Professor Ciaran O’Neill
Instructions: Students answer 3 from six questions. All questions carry
equal marks.
Duration: (^) 3 hrs.
No. of Pages This page + 1 Discipline(s) Economics Course Co-ordinator(s) C. O’Neill
Requirements : MCQ Release to Library: Yes No Handout Statistical/ Log Tables Cambridge Tables Graph Paper Log Graph Paper Other Materials PTO
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EC573 Health Technology Assessment First Sit Summer 2011 The examination is 3 hours. Students answer 3 from six questions. All questions carry equal marks.
- Compare and contrast the welfarist and extra-welfarist approaches to health technology assessment. Which provides clearer information to the policy maker on health care investments?
- What does the term orphan drug mean in health technology assessment? Compare alternative approaches for the evaluation of orphan drugs within the EU.
- Critically appraise the argument that health and money should be discounted at the same rates in health technology assessment.
- Critically appraise the argument that it is unethical to allocate resources within healthcare upon economic rather than clinical arguments alone.
- With reference to HIQA guidance, detail the steps involved in the conduct of a health technology assessment?
- What issues arise in the measurement of health outcomes using QALYs?
