Completing this assessment task develops the graduate attributes of written communication (GLO 2), critical analysis & thinking (GLO 4), developing, planning and managing independent work (GLO 6) and will develop the ability to work with a systematic body of knowledge and understand the ethical and social consequences of the discipline (GLO 1).

Assesses Unit Learning Outcome/s (ULO): Completing this task will help to develop the intended learning outcomes of: ULO 1: Explain the essential characteristics of economic evaluation, and how it differs from other forms of health care evaluations; ULO 2: Compare and contrast the different methods of undertaking an economic evaluation; ULO 3: Explain the basic steps in conducting an economic evaluation of a health care intervention; ULO 4: Explain the different types of cost that will be included in an economic evaluation and how to measure and value these costs; and ULO 5: Analyse the different methods of presenting health outcomes in an economic evaluation.

Question 7: Provide a clear statement and rationale of how you will measure health outcomes. Include justification for your choice of outcome measure, taking into consideration the study method. 20% Demonstrated reading and use of the literature (including consistent referencing that adheres to an appropriate style). 5% Presentation & organisation – demonstrate fluent, concise and clear expression; accurate spelling and grammar; neat overall presentation and organisation. 10% Total Marks 100%

Question 4: Identify the resources that you will collect under the categories of C1, C2, C3 and C4. 20% Question 5: Identify a range of viable strategies for collecting resource and cost data for your economic evaluation. Including methods to collect resource data and relevant websites or other sources of information. 10% Question 6: A clear statement and rationale of how you will value each of the resource inputs taking into consideration the study timeframe, and the different types of resources. 5%

Assessment criteria The assignment will be marked according to the following criteria: Criteria Weighting Question 1: Be able to provide justification for undertaking an economic evaluation. 5% Question 2: Design of study question: a well-designed question that includes perspective, type of evaluation, outcome measure, relevant population and timeframe. 10% Question 3: Justification of your chosen economic evaluation method based on the strengths of this method over and above the other methods. The justification should be specific to your study question and outcome measure. 15%

Brief description of task and student output: Typed essay of 2000 words (no longer) submitted as a word document only (no pdfs or other types of files). Due date: Friday 1 th 5.00pm Weighting: 40% total mark for unit Please note that this is a hypothetical evaluation and intervention. You may search the literature to see if there are any published papers on similar interventions to guide your answer, but you should treat the exercise as though have been asked to design an economic evaluation alongside a randomised clinical trial. You are expected to reference appropriate resources that you will use in your protocol, for example source of cost estimates for different types of resources, tools for measuring outcomes, etc.