COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAĞ 4205 COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEVZAT DEVEBAKAN

Offered to

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT (Evening)
HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

Comprehension fundamental component of Türkiye and world health systems and health planning and their politics, recognize who affects health care systems and being able to evaluate health care sector with economic and financial dimensions, compare different health systems each other.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain health policy and health planning concepts.
2   Being able to identify demand and supply and apply this plan to the health sector area.
3   Being able to identify Turkish health system frame to Turkish health planning,
4   Being able to analyze health systems in the world.
5   Being able to compare Turkish Health System to the foreign countries.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Comparative Health Systems, methods and applications.
2 Usual system of heath sector and its Financial Structures.
3 Supply in health care systems
4 Demand in health care systems
5 Free- Market and Welfare-oriented health care systems.
6 Container and socialist health care systems, history of Turkish Health Care System
7 Container and socialist health care systems, history of Turkish Health Care System
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Current situation of Turkish Health Care System
10 Financial Resources in Turkish Health Care System
11 Private Financial Resources in Turkish Health Care System.
12 Demand systems in Turkish Health Care System
13 Health care systems in the world.
14 Research reports on the countries health care systems and discussions.
15 Research reports on the countries health care systems and discussions.

Recomended or Required Reading

Lecturer's Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

5 learning outcomes will be assessed by mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzatd@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 93

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.111
LO.21
LO.3
LO.41
LO.51