IIM Ahmedabad

Health Programmes: Data Analysis & Interpretations for Monitoring
Program Director: Prof. Tejas Desai & Prof. Dileep Mavalankar
September 03-07, 2007
At IIM Ahmedabad
Fees: Rs. 50,000 for participants from India & other SAARC countries
(US$ 1,550 for participants from non-SAARC countries)

Objectives: Since the beginning of the twentieth century, managers in the health sector have come to rely heavily on data collection and data analysis to make decisions. The health sector includes private organizations such as pharmaceutical firms and insurance companies as well as governmental organizations such as NACO (National AIDS Control Society).
Examples of decision-making situations that use data analysis include, but are not limited to, drug-testing to see if a new drug is significantly better than an older drug; calculating the prevalence of and the mortality due to several diseases in order to set insurance premiums; and calculating HIV/AIDS prevalence and trends in India in order to scale up or scale down intervention efforts. Given this explosive growth in the use of statistics, particularly in the health sector, it has become increasingly important that those who manage health programmes or run hospitals possess an understanding of statistics to use it effectively. With higher level of globalization, there is increasing demand for data-based decision making in health programmes. In particular, sophisticated data analysis is necessary for organizations in the health sector to demonstrate quality of their services.

To enhance understanding of statistics and arm the managers from the health sector with necessary statistical tools to improve decision making, planning, and monitoring of health programmes and hospitals.

For: Health sector and hospital managers from public and private sectors, insurance companies, NGOs, etc.

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