health economics and policy

Offered by the Swiss School of Public Health+

University of Basel ¦ University of Bern ¦ University of Geneva ¦ University of Lausanne University of Lugano ¦ University of Neuchâtel ¦ University of Zurich

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THE PROGRAM

The “Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+)” is a close collaboration between seven Swiss universi-ties (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Neu-châtel and Zurich) to develop specific courses in health economics and policy. The purpose of the program is to offer advanced and highly specia-lized courses in health economics and policy.

THE ObjEcTivES

The doctoral courses are intended for PhD dents from Swiss universities as well as PhD stu-dents from foreign universities who wish to en-hance their specific knowledge and sharpen their capabilities in the field of health economics and policy. Researchers with PhD in economics, or in a related discipline, who wish to deepen their knowledge of some topics can also be admitted.

Students enrolled in the program will pursue a PhD in economics or in a related discipline in their own university and benefit

from the health economics and policy focused program offered by the “Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+)’” as a specialization program. In order to ensure the highest quality of teaching and to maintain the attractiveness of the pro-gram, the “Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+)” supports and develops international exchanges and collaborations with universities

of the highest reputation for the quality of their teaching and research activities in the field of health economics and policy.

Advanced courses in microeconomics and eco-nometrics or statistics will not be offered by the “Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+)” as such and applications are expected to already have good quantitative skills from the course work of the PhD program of their own university.

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REquiREMEnTS fOR APPlicATiOn

Successful applicants to the “International Docto-ral Courses in Health Economics and Policy” have to:

• Be registered as candidates to a PhD in eco-nomics or in a related discipline either in a university of the SSPH+ (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Neuchâtel or Zurich) or in any university having agreements with the SSPH+ or their member universities or hold a PhD in economics or a related discipline, and • Demonstrate sufficient proficiency in

microe-conomics, and

• Demonstrate sufficient proficiency in econo-metrics or statistics

A full resume, a complete academic transcript and a letter of recommendation signed by the Academic Referee will have to be submitted to the administration of the program in order to provide evidence and to support the application. Final decision with regards to admission will be taken after a thorough and individual assessment of the application.

AccESS TO THE PROGRAM / inDiviDuAl cOuRSES

Applicants have access to the full program or to individual courses. The Program is considered as a specialization for economists, but other stu-dents interested in health economics and policy

may also follow part of the program or individual courses subject to the above admission criteria.

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bASic infORMATiOn AnD cOnTAcTS

DEGREE : Students will be receiving their doctoral degree from the university where they are

registered as PhD students in economics. A certificate will be added to the title specifying the specialization offered by the “Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+)”. The total number of specialization credits required for the certificate is 10 (ECTS).

ADMiSSiOn REquiREMEnTS : Registration as candidates to a PhD in economics or in a related

discipline or holder of a PhD in economics or a related discipline, and sufficient proficiency in microeconomics sufficient proficiency in econometrics or statistics

DOcuMEnTS TO bE SubMiTTED : Full resume

Complete academic transcript One passport photo

Letter of recommendation signed by the Academic Referee

lAnGuAGE : All courses will be taught in English

DiREcTORS Of THE PROGRAM : Prof. Jürgen Maurer, University of Lausanne ADDRESS : International Doctoral Courses in

Health Economics and Policy Swiss School of Public Health + c/o IEMS

UNIL-Dorigny, Bâtiment Extranef 1015 Lausanne Switzerland PHOnE : +41 (0)21 692 36 54 fAX : +41 (0)21 692 36 55 E-MAil : phdcourses.hep@unil.ch WEbSiTE : www.hec.unil.ch/iems/formation/phd

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TuiTiOn fEES

• Free for PhD students registered in a member university of the ”Swiss School of Public Health + (SSPH+)”

• Euros 300.- per course for foreign students following a course • Euros 600.- per course for researcher with a PhD title

As a condition of acceptance, applicants must have paid the exact tuition fees before the start of the program, and must agree to attend and participate in all sessions they have chosen.

All other students and candidates wishing to follow part of the program or individual courses have to contact the administration of the program for an adapted proposition.

OUR PAYMENT DETAILS: Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) Place Saint-François 14 1003 Lausanne 1 Université de Lausanne CH-1015 Lausanne Account No. S0710.09.14 Swift : BCVLCH2LXXX Clearing bancaire 767 IBAN code: CH5600767000S07100914 REFERENCES: ub-2605020600 fonds 26057025

If you cannot follow a course, please let us know. The amount of the course will be given back to you. All the students have to support their accommodation expenses.

Courses

Prof. Bas van der Klaauw (VU University Amsterdam) 3 credits (ECTS)

PRESEnTATiOn

The aim of this course is to provide the students with state of the art econometric methods for evaluation of public policy. The course deals with theoretical literature on causal inference in lectures, but emphasis is given to empirical applications using micro data. The course therefore includes also practical computer assignments using Stata.

ObjEcTivES

The key objective of the course is to make students familiar with empirical tools for public policy evaluation and to provide an introduction to working with micro data.

DynAMic AnD STRucTuRAl EcOnOMETRicS WiTH APPlicATiOnS TO HEAlTH & lAbOuR EcOnOMicS lAuSAnnE, jAnuARy 21 TO 25, 2013

Prof. Jérôme Adda (European University Institute) 3 credits (ECTS)

PRESEnTATiOn

The course will be devoted to the formulation and estimation of dynamic models of optimizing behaviour that can describe individual choices over

Their life-cycle. The course will introduce the basic theoretical concepts and then focus on computational and econometric methods, including simulated econo-metric techniques. We will then show how these tools have been applied in real examples taken from the labor or health literature. Some key examples are topics such as labor supply and health, savings and aging, or the economics of risky behavior. The course will also introduce students to practical classes using Matlab to implement the methodology.

ObjEcTivES

By the end of the course, the students should have a good understanding of the theoretical and practical concepts used in this literature. Moreover, through applied projects, the students should be able to tackle themselves simple lifecycle problems, including implementing numerical solutions and estimating dynamic models.

Courses

Prof. William Greene (New York University)

Prof. Patrick Gagliardini (University of Lugano) 3 credits (ECTS)

PRESEnTATiOn

The aim of this course is to provide the students with the necessary analytical tools to

• formulate appropriate econometric models

• estimate them

• and draw proper inference,

using micro level data related to health issues, for instance data from health surveys. The key features of such data sets are their qualitative nature and/or panel type structure. Hence it is important to know and be able to apply the models and methods specially designed for incorporating the particular characteristics of these data sets.

ObjEcTivES

At the end of the course the student would know how to:

(1) Specify a suitable econometric model for investigating the problem under study; (2) Compare the theoretical model with empirical observations; and

(3) Draw proper conclusions based on the results.

inEquAliTiES in HEAlTH AnD HEAlTH cARE – lAuSAnnE, fROM junE 17 TO 21, 2013 Prof. Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Prof. Owen O’Donnell (EUR & University of Macedonia, Greece) 3 credits (ECTS)

PRESEnTATiOn

The course is intended for PhD students and other researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of inequality and inequity in health and health care. It consists of five days of lectures and computing laboratory sessions on a number of topics re-lated to the measurement and explanation of inequalities in health and health care. Apart from providing a general introduction to the range of approaches available to researchers, it also provides practical guidance on various issues of computation. Illustrative examples draw on analyses conducted of OECD and developing countries. Students are assessed on their completion of a practical exercise of data analysis.

ObjEcTivES

• To give students understanding of approaches to the measurement of health inequality and inequity employed in economics and other disciplines

• To make students competent in the computation of health inequality mea-sures using Stata

• To motivate students to conduct their own research into health inequalities

Seminar and Workshop

PHD SEMinAR On

HEAlTH EcOnOMicS AnD POlicy

This seminar is intended for those PhD stu-dents who have attended the PhD-courses. It brings together some of the world lead-ing scientists in health economics and allows intense intellectual exchanges between them and the students. Advanced students will profit from the intense exposure to on-going research projects of well known experts in an informal setting.

DOcTORAl WORkSHOP in

HEAlTH EcOnOMicS AnD Public HEAlTH

This workshop is specifically intended for doctoral students in order to practice their presentation skills. Early stage students and advanced students are invited to make a presentation and feedback will be provided by experts and colleagues. Specific teaching on presentation and writing skills is offered as well. The workshop allows for intensive networking between PhD-students and faculty members on an international scale. These two events are compulsory for Swiss PhD-students in health economics.

For exact dates and locations of the seminars and the workshops, please refer to the website