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Health Econometrics - JEM208
Title: Health Econometrics
Czech title: Health Econometrics
Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2019
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:combined
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 59 / 59 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. Paola Bertoli, M.A., M.Sc., D.Phil.
Teacher(s): doc. Paola Bertoli, M.A., M.Sc., D.Phil.
Mgr. Lenka Šlegerová
Class: Courses for incoming students
Annotation -
The course introduces a number of econometric methods designed to study the behavior of economic agents with a specific focus on topics in applied health economics. For each model, the presentation of theoretical issues will be complemented by critical discussion and applications to a selection of case studies from recent applied health economics research.
Last update: Šlegerová Lenka, Mgr. (08.09.2021)
Descriptors -

Prospective course syllabus:

1. Introduction

- Identification strategies

- Data and measurement issues

2. Limited dependent variable models

- Linear probability models

- Logit and Probit models 

3. Panel data models

- Pooled OLS, fixed and random effects models

4. Count data and duration models

- Censored and truncated models

- Survival analysis

5. Casual effect methods (introduction)

- Difference-in-differences estimation

- Regression discontinuity approaches

Last update: Šlegerová Lenka, Mgr. (27.09.2024)
Course completion requirements - Czech

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Last update: Šlegerová Lenka, Mgr. (13.09.2021)
Literature -

Main textbook for the course:

-          Wooldridge, J. M. (2016, 2013). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, Sixth or Fifth edition, Mason: Thompson South-Western.

-          Cameron, C. and Trivedi, P. K. (2005). Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications, New York: Cambridge University Press.

-          Cameron, C. and Trivedi, P. K. (2009). Microeconometrics Using Stata, College Station: Stata Press.

Useful reference for health economics applications: Jones, A. M., Rice, N., Bago d'Uva, T. and S. Balia (2007). Applied Health Economics, London: Roudledge.

Further references to academic papers with relevant health econometric applications will be provided during the course.

Last update: Bednařík Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (06.06.2020)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

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Last update: Šlegerová Lenka, Mgr. (08.09.2021)
Syllabus - Czech

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Last update: Šlegerová Lenka, Mgr. (08.09.2021)
 
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