The pre-requisites for this 20-credit module are MED-M07D Health Economics and MED-M31D Introduction to Research Methods, or experience and knowledge of health service research methods and health service experience or a relevant qualification. The objectives are to enable students: to understand and critically appraise economic studies of health care interventions; to understand the range of evaluation techniques and appropriate circumstances for application; to appreciate links between economic evaluation and economic theory, health service research and decision making and to have confidence to conduct further economic evaluation studies.