Heidelberg Health Economics Summer School 2025 – Basics of CEA for HTA

About

The HEIDELBERG HEALTH ECONOMICS SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 will offer an unsurpassed opportunity to learn more about the basics of cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) for health technology assessments (HTAs) and, in addition, to discuss key challenges and potential solutions in the context of (health) economic evaluation for use of HTAs to inform patient access, pricing, and reimbursement decisions including implications for research and development (R&D).

"The Basics of Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) for Health Technology Assessment (HTA)"

This year´s Basic Program will be characterized by its educational character, with a focus on state-of-the-art CEA in the context of HTAs. Relevant topics covered will be basic principles of decision analysis, valuation principles in economics, costing in theory & practice, applied CEA & budget impact analysis (BIA), good modeling practice, and dealing with uncertainty and sensitivity analyses.

Course leader

Scientific Program Chair: Professor Michael Schlander, MD, PhD, MBA (Heidelberg University, Germany & InnoVal-HC, Wiesbaden, Germany)

Target group

The Summer School 2025 is aimed for academics (including PhD students), physicians & pharmacists as well as professionals.
With the Basic Program, we offer a highly active program primarily for individuals with limited experience of health economic evaluation methods, in particularly with regard to the basics of (the use of) CEA for HTA.

Course aim

To learn about and discuss the basics in health economic evaluation and HTA -- in a Summer School that will be...

IN-DEPTH & INTENSE. Practice-orientated with strong theoretical grounding, combining international policy-relevance with a state-of-the art high-level scientific program
IMPARTIAL. The program will be strictly evidence-based and informed by the latest progress in health economics and beyond
INTERACTIVE & INTERNATIONAL. Limited number of participants will offer numerous opportunities for interaction with the presenters, as well as to work on relevant case studies and group exercises

Fee info

Different rates and discounts are available; please check the Summer School 2025 website for more detailed information