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Overview
Course description
The Modelling Infectious Diseases and Health Economics course from is University of Antwerp shows that mathematical models are increasingly used to study infectious disease transmission, simulate reactive strategies and inform policy. In this course we focus on dynamic or time-dependent models representing the transmission of evolutionary systems. We start with basic concepts of transmission models for infectious diseases and continue with parameter estimation and social contact patterns. The level of model complexity increases from deterministic compartmental models up to stochastic individual-based models and we provide hands-on tutorials in R.
Health interventions are assessed with respect to both effects and costs in health economic evaluations or health technology assessments. The objective is to optimize health outcomes for a constrained health budget. We elaborate in this course on cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses for infectious disease interventions with focus on vaccines. We demonstrate different types of uncertainty for economic evaluations and key aspects to evaluate preventive and curative medicine.Programme Structure
- To obtain additional information about the program, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , International
- Apply before , EEA/EU
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More details
The university accepts applications until 30 June 2024 (unless maximum capacity has been reached). Non-EU-citizens are advised to apply before 15 May.
Language
English
Credits
3 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Economics Mathematics Epidemiology View 5 other Short Courses in Economics in BelgiumAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Accidents
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Health science professionals, (bio)statisticians, economists, mathematicians, etc. who want to expand their modelling toolbox and/or increase their understanding of cost-effectiveness analysis. Our 5-day course is suitable for those with a background in mathematics, statistics or econometrics. For example, the paper of Bjørnstad et al. (2020) describes part of the course material. We invite you to join us in Antwerp if this kind of research resonates with you. We will off-course provide more details throughout the course.
Tuition Fee
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International
1800 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 600 EUR per credit during 5 days. -
EU/EEA
1800 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 600 EUR per credit during 5 days.
- Academic and public sector: € 600
- Profit and commercial sector: € 1200
- Quetelet Society members: € 50 reduction
Living costs for Antwerpen
787 - 1230 EUR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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