SKY639 - COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS | SKY639 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Other: seminars ve and workshops? | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
| Course objective | The purposeof this course, understand, compare, examine to health systems with all thevariablesand parameters and make analyses and evaluations of their performance. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Content of Comparative HealthSystems course, consist of identification ofthe health care system, objectives andfunctions of health system, put forward to causes, benefits and challenges of health systems comparing, put forward to a framework for comparison and examination of country health systems, comparison and examination of main country health systems and analysis andevaluation of performance in health care systems. | |||||
| References | 1. OECD/The World Bank. (2008). OECD Sağlık Sistemi İncelemeleri: TÜRKİYE, OECD ve Dünya Bankası, Paris. 2. Paris V, Devaux M and Wei L. (2010). Health Systems Institutional Characteristics: A Survey of 29 OECD Countries. OECD Health Working Papers No: 50, OECD. 3. Rechel B, Thomson S and Ginneken E. (2010). Health Systems in Transition: Template for Authors. The European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies, Copenhagen, WHO. 4. Roemer MI. (1991). National Health Systems of the World ? The Countries. Volume One, Oxford University Press, Oxford. 5. Tatar M. (2007). Sağlık Sisteminin Performansını Ölçme Süreci. İçinde: Ateş H, Kırılmaz ve Aydın S. (Editör). Sağlık Sektöründe Performans Yönetimi ? Türkiye Örneği. Asil Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti, Ankara. 6. WHO. (2000). The World Health Report 2000 ? Health Systems: Improving Performance, WHO, Geneva. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Comparative Health Systems: A General Framework, Definitions and System?s Boundaries |
| Week 2 | Objectives and Functions of the Health System |
| Week 3 | Causes and Challenges for Health SystemsComparison |
| Week 4 | Comparison Approaches of Health Systems |
| Week 5 | Classification of Country Health Systems |
| Week 6 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 7 | A Framework forComparison and Analysis of Countries' Health Systems |
| Week 8 | Comparison of Countries? Health Systems: A General Overview |
| Week 9 | Investigation of Countries' Health Systems-1: England |
| Week 10 | Investigation of Countries' Health Systems-2: Germany |
| Week 11 | Investigation of Countries' Health Systems-3: USA |
| Week 12 | Investigation of Countries' Health Systems-4: Cuba |
| Week 13 | Investigation of Countries' Health Systems-5: Kenya |
| Week 14 | Investigation of Countries' Health Systems-6:Turkey, Performance Measurement,Comparison in Health Systemsand Future Trends |
| 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 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 6 | 10 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| 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) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 106 | 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