SKY643 - COST ACCOUNTING and MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH INST.

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
COST ACCOUNTING and MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH INST. SKY643 2nd Semester 3 0 3 7
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Team/Group Work
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Case Study
 
Instructor (s)Faculty Members 
Course objectiveTo teach how to set cost accounting systems in hospital organizations and use cost accounting techniques. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Students who finish this course are expected to have gained knowledge and skills on the purpose of setting hospital cost accounting system, stages of setting, cost components, methods of cost accounting, cost accounting systems and the ways to apply these techniques in hospitals.
Course ContentDefinition of cost accounting and its objectives and setting hospital cost accounting system. Cost accounting recording systems (7/A and 7/B choices), Cost Elements Accounting, First and Second Cost Distribution Methods in Hospital Businesses, Calculating Unit Costs in hospitals, use of cost methods in hospitals, and making reports on costs. 
References1. Büyükmirza, K., Maliyet ve Yönetim Muhasebesi. Gazi Kitapevi, 9. baskı, Ankara, 2003.
2. Brigham, Eugene F., Finansal Yönetimin Temelleri 1-2, (Çevirenler: Özdemir Akmut, Halil Sarıaslan), Ankara Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü Yayınları No.206, Ankara. 1996
3. Akgüç, Öztin, Mali Tablolar Analizi, Avcıol Basım Yayın, İstanbul, 2006.
4. OECD and World Bank (2008) OECD Sağlık Sistemi İncelemeleri: Türkiye. OECD ve Dünya Bankası.
5. Tatar M, Mollahaliloğlu S, Şahin B, Aydın S, Maresso A, Hernández- Quevedo C. Turkey: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition, 2011, 13(6):1?186.
6. Akar, Çetin; Sağlık Kurumlarında Finansal Yönetim Ders Notları, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık İdaresi Yüksekokulu, Ankara, 2002
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Cost Accounting and Primary Concepts in Health Institutions
Week 2Importance, Objectives and Functions of Cost Accounting in Health Institutions
Week 3Clasification and Components of Costs in Health Institutions
Week 4Cost Accounting Systems in Health Institutions
Week 5Cost Accounts in Turkish Standardizated Accounting Plan
Week 6Midterm Exam
Week 77/ A Choice in Turkish Standardizated Accounting Plan
Week 87/ B Choice in Turkish Standardizated Accounting Plan
Week 9Cost Allocation Techniques (Methods)
Week 10Cost Allocation Techniques (Methods)
Week 11Second Cost Allocation Table
Week 12Third Cost Allocation Table and Computing Unit Costs
Week 13Cost Analysis and Cost Reporting
Week 14Cost-Profit-Volume Analysis
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments110
Presentation120
Project00
Seminar610
Midterms110
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14570
Presentation / Seminar Preparation12020
Project000
Homework assignment13030
Midterms (Study duration)12020
Final Exam (Study duration) 12828
Total Workload32106210

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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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