impact_eval 2021 Oct

WORKSHOP: Impact Evaluation of Health Interventions

 Date: Mon 25th – Thu 28th Oct, 2021

Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm (SGT)

Format: Online Live via Zoom

* Registration has closed

Course outline

  • This course will introduce participants to the econometric techniques to conduct impact evaluation of health interventions and policies.
  • The foundation of this course is multivariable regression analysis. We will begin with a review of the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model, and expand our coverage to experimental methods (regression discontinuity, difference-in-difference) to evaluate the impact of policies.
  • We will discuss common problems with these methods, techniques for diagnosing and addressing these problems, and selection of the appropriate econometric tools to answer any given question.

Learning outcomes

  • Provide the analytical and quantitative skills required for conducting applied econometric and statistical research.
  • Train participants to be effective practitioners and sophisticated consumers of quantitative research methods for policy analysis.
  • Use econometrics methods to solve complex policy, management, and planning problems.
  • Teach participants to think critically about methodology and proper interpretation of results.

Pre-requisites

Prior to this course, students should be:

  • Able to run simple linear regression in a common statistical software (Stata/R/SAS/Python)
  • Possess some basic analytical and quantitative skills such as regression and/or modelling background

Required software

  • STATA will be required for the students group work

Course instructors

Ryota Nakamura

Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), Hitotsubashi University

Ryota Nakamura is an associate professor at Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) at Hitotsubashi University. He holds a BA and an MA in Economics from Kyoto University and a PhD in Economics from University of York. Prior to joining Hitotsubashi in 2016, he held positions at School of Economics and Medical School of University of East Anglia, and Centre for Health Economics at University of York. His research interests include empirical investigations of health-related behavior and also of healthcare system to inform national and international health policies, using a wide range of research methods including micro-econometric analysis of observational data, economic experiment, and research evidence synthesis.
Cynthia Chen

Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

Cynthia Chen is an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and Fellow at the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. Her current research focuses on the well-being and older adults, healthcare financing, economics of ageing and biostatistics. She is intrigued by how economic, technological, demographic and social changes can affect the burden of care, financing needs and optimal resource allocation in the future. Her research has been supported by the Singapore’s Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, the US National Institutes of Aging, and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation among others. To date, she has published more than 30 internationally peer-reviewed journals such as The Lancet Global Health, The Lancet Healthy Longevity, PNAS, Health Economics, etc on societal ageing, the burden of chronic diseases, and cost-effectiveness research.
Ying Yao 

Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), Hitotsubashi University

Ying Yao is a project assistant professor at Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS). Before joining HIAS in 2017, she was a research associate at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). She holds a PhD in Public Economics from the National Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Japan. Her research interests are health economics and industrial organization, with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry. She teaches a course on program evaluation for graduate students at Hitotsubashi University.

Course fee

Category

Fees before GST (SGD)
Students/LMIC1 $100
Partners2/NUS staff $400
Public sector/NGOs $450
Private sector $500

Fees reflected are exclusive of Singapore taxes and are non-refundable. Kindly note that the course will only take place with a minimum of 10 participants.

1) There are limited slots available for participants under the Student/LMIC category. For the definition of LMIC, it will follow the World Bank’s definition.

2) Partners refer to staff under the NUHS cluster (including NUH, NTFGH, AH, JCH, NUP, National University Cancer Institute Singapore, National University Heart Centre Singapore, National University Centre for Oral Health Singapore, Centre for Innovation in Healthcare), HTAsiaLink & iDSI members.

 

Registration

Please scan the below QR code for registration or click on the link, https://nus.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7ZZU6CoRtLnSrB4

For more information on this course, please contact us at hiper@nus.edu.sg