The one-hour Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Public Health course provides a broad overview of economic evaluation methods with illustrative examples from public health. It will help the learner understand and apply economic evaluation findings to their public health work.

Course content includes a description of the main economic evaluation methods, including their uses and summary measures; explains the benefits of economic evaluation methods for public health decision-making; and explains key economic evaluation concepts, including program time frame, analytic horizon, and study perspective.

The primary audience for this introductory course includes public health practitioners, program managers, policy analysts, program evaluators, and health scientists. Project officers, policy researchers, and communications staff may also benefit from the course.

Learners can access a simple pdf summary of each lesson by selecting "print" after each section.