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MedIC Courses in Medicines Policy Analysis
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Background
Medicines coverage through health insurance programs can be a scaleable and sustainable means to
improving access to and use of medicines. Evidence-based medicines policy decision making is required to
achieve maximum benefits at affordable costs. The WHOCCPP is offering unique modular Courses in Medicines
Policy Analysis. Training is tailored to the needs of a particular organization or group of organizations.
MedIC Courses in Medicines Policy Analysis are primarily intended for policy makers, analysts, actuaries,
and others involved in making medicines benefit decisions for health and insurance programs.
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Objectives
MedIC Courses enhance participants' skills to identify problems in medicines access and use, and to
design, implement, and evaluate medicines benefit policies in health and insurance systems.
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Design
The highly interactive MedIC Courses consist of small and large group case discussions and small
group hands-on analyses of health insurance program data. Participants focus on a specific medicines policy
issues relevant to their systems and develop post-course plans to design and implement policy interventions
to improve key outcomes. The course language usually is English; conducting the course in other languages
is possible.
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Selected MedIC Course Topics
MedIC Course participants and facilitators address a broad range of questions that arise when making
evidence-based medicines policy decisions, including:
- Why extend coverage for medicines in health insurance programs?
- Which groups of enrollees benefit the most from expanded medicines coverage?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of specific medicines policies?
- What is the best way to design, implement, and manage a formulary?
- How can routine medicines data be used to develop evidence-based policies?
- How can insurance programs evaluate the effects of changes in medicines coverage?
- What are the best measures for routine monitoring of medicines policies?
MedIC
Initative Courses in Action
MedIC Course in Manila,
Philippines, September 2007.
MedIC Course in Accra,
Ghana scheduled for November 16-25, 2008.
MedIC Course in China
scheduled for Spring 2009.
In the future, we plan for MedIC capacity building activities to
include in-person learning collaboratives and mentored
on-the-job learning, as well as web-based tutorials, on-line
interactive learning, on-site technical assistance by project
staff, and exchange visits among insurance programs.
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LATEST UPDATES
WHOCCPP
awarded funding for Interdisciplinary
Research and Training for Improving
Access to and Use of Medicines in China by Harvard
China Fund
Upcoming Courses
MedIC
Initiative Courses in Accra, Ghana, November 16-25, 2008
and Beijing, China in the Spring of 2009
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