SKY622 - HEALTH ECONOMICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH ECONOMICS | SKY622 | 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. Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano (1997). The Economics of Health and Health Care. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2. Alistair McGuire, John Henderson, Gavin Mooney (1995). The Economics of Health Care. An Introductroy Text, New York. 3. Paul J. Feldstein (1993). Health Care Economics. Delmar Publishers, New York. 4. William Jack (1999). Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countries. The World Bank, Washington. 5. Thomas E. Getzen (1997). Health Economics: Fundamentals and Flow of Funds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. 6. Philip Jacobs (1997). The Economics of Health and Medical Care. An Aspen Publication, Maryland. 7. Yuanli Liu, Yusuf Çelik, Bayram Şahin. `Türkiye?de Sağlık ve İlaç Harcamaları?. Eylül 2005, ISBN 975-00370-0-6, SUVAK, Ankara. 8. Victor Fuchs (1974). Who Shall Live? Health Economics and Social Choice. Basic Books Inc., New York. 9. Ivan Illich (1995). Sağlığın Gasbı. Çeviren: Süha Sertabioğlu. Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Health and Health Economics: Terms and Definitions |
| Week 2 | Required for Health Economics Key Economic and Statistical Methods |
| Week 3 | Demand for Health Care, Consumer Choice and Information |
| Week 4 | Health Services Delivery, Health Status and Health Services Impact on Production Function |
| Week 5 | Health Care and Health Insurance Marketplace |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | Health Care Market and Healthcare Professionals |
| Week 8 | Health Care and Hospitals Marketplace |
| Week 9 | Health Care Markets, the State and the Role and Importance of Non-Profit Institutions |
| Week 10 | Health Care Cost Concepts and Cost Function |
| Week 11 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 12 | Methods of Economic Evaluation of Health Care Services |
| Week 13 | Turkey and Other Countries Health Expenditure and Development |
| Week 14 | Pharmaceutical Economics and Drug Expenditures in Turkey,Turkey Investigation of Health Economics System: Supply, Demand, Finance |
| Week 15 | Preparition 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 | 20 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 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. To have knowledge about theoretical and practical information related to the field of health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 2. To gain knowledge and skills on understanding, analyzing and directing administrative, financial, technical and medical process of health organizations | X | ||||
| 3. To understand basic elements of health system in national and international level, to comprehend health planning and health policy, to analyze health sector economic and financially | X | ||||
| 4. To have knowledge and skills to make advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses in health management and to be able to implement this knowledge | X | ||||
| 5. Critical andinnovativethinking in problems faced during health management process, having the ability to use scientific methods and technics in decision making and problem solving | X | ||||
| 6. Following the changes in the field of health care management and have the ability to provide specific solutions related health care system of the country | X | ||||
| 7. Acting in accordance with the ethical principles of scientific research, publication and management | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest