Course Location: University of Geneva – Switzerland

Dates: May 5 to 9, 2008

Website: http://www.hec.unil.ch/iems/Enseignement/contact/telechargement

Lecturers:

Prof. Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Dr Owen O’Donnell ( University of Macedonia , Thessaloniki , Greece )

Description:  This course is intended for PhD students and other junior researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of inequality and inequity in health and health care. The course consists of five days of lectures and tutorials on a number of topics related to the measurement and explanation of inequities/inequalities in health. Apart from providing a general introduction into the range of approaches available to researchers, it will also provide practical experience of computation using Stata. Illustrations will be based on real-world examples drawn from evidence in European and other OECD countries, as well as developing countries.

Objectives: 

·         To review health economics approaches to the measurement of inequality and inequity (most of which were developed in the context of the European ECuity Project)

·         To provide detailed guidance on computational procedures using Stata

·         To provide hands-on experience with computation-based exercises

Course text:

O. O’Donnell, E. van Doorslaer, A. Wagstaff and M. Lindelow (2007) Analysing Health Equity using Household Survey Data, Washington DC, World Bank. www.worldbank.org/analyzinghealthequity