SKY724 - HEALTH ECONOMICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH ECONOMICS | SKY724 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to teach system, concept and methodology of health economics, to be able to analyze health economics, to be gained skills of analyze and evaluate Turkish health system | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | In this course, emphasizes subjects related to Concept and development of health economics and role of health sector in economics, Health economic system and analysis of health demand and supply, Relationship with between economic growth and development and health care sector, Economic planning and planning of health care sector, Project evaluation in health care sector, Production and financing of health care services, Pharmaceutical industry and economics, Economic rationality in health policies, Economic evaluation techniques and Turkish health economics. | |||||
| References | 1. Arthur M. Okun (1975). Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeof. The Brooking Institution, Washington, D.C. 2. Victor Fuchs (1974). Who Shall Live? Health Economics and Social Choice. Basic Books Inc., New York. 3. Brian Abel - Smith (1994). Introduction To Health: Policy, Planning And Financing, London 4. Alistair McGuire, John Henderson, Gavin Mooney (1995). The Economics of Health Care. An Introductroy Text, New York. 5. Andreas Seiter (2010). A Practical Approach to Pharmaceutical Policy. The World Bank. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Health - Economics - Equality - Productivity: Concepts uncompromising |
| Week 2 | Resource Allocation: Economic Models for Individual and Social Preferences, Price Mechanism and Social Policy |
| Week 3 | Resource Allocation: Economic Models for Individual and Social Preferences, Votes and Bureaucratic Allocation Mechanism |
| Week 4 | Individuals Between Resource Allocation, prioritization and rationing |
| Week 5 | Productivity, Cost, Cost-Efficiency |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | Efficiency, Effectiveness and Social Planning |
| Week 8 | Internal Resource Allocation: Marginal Analysis, Strategic rationing |
| Week 9 | Fundamentals and Basic Economic Evaluation Techniques of Economic Evaluation |
| Week 10 | Evaluation of the Impact of Results and Financial Aspects of Health Services and Treatment |
| Week 11 | Cost Minimization and Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| Week 12 | Cost - Effectiveness and Cost - Value Analysis |
| Week 13 | Evaluation of Drug Policies |
| Week 14 | Economic as a Value Hospitals |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 4 | 48 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 127 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Development of theoretical and practical information related to the field of health care management | X | ||||
| 2. Analyzing and directing administrative, financial, legal, technical and medical processes of health care organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To have knowledge and skills on managing information systems in health caremanagement and to be able to effectively use it | X | ||||
| 4. To make advanced analysesof health system at national and international level,health planning and health policy, and health sector with economic and financial aspects | X | ||||
| 5. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health caremanagement and to be able to apply this knowledge | X | ||||
| 6. To have the ability to think critically and innovatively in dealing with problems faced during health care management processes, to have the ability to develop scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 7. To act in accordance with the principles of scientific research, publishing and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest