COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECN 6048 HEALTH ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Economics (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAADET KASMAN

Offered to

Economics (English)

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to provide microeconomic and macroeconomic tools to analyze health and medical care issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The learner will be able to understand basic microeconomic tools, apply these techniques to issues related to the production and distribution of medical services, and understand what health economists think is different about health care markets as compared to other markets.
2   The learner will be able to understand the role of economic incentives, competition, and regulation on the functioning of the medical care system and should be able to use this information to assess the economic efficiency and equity aspects of the current system.
3   The learner will be able to conduct basic analysis of health care related industries.
4   The learner will have a global perspective and a broad understanding of institutional changes going on currently in the healthcare system.
5   The learner will be able to analyze the economic aspects of medical care policy issues and reform proposals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Introduction: the relevance of economics in health and medical care
2 2. Supply of Health and Medical Care
3 3. Supply of Health and Medical Care
4 4. Demand for Health and Medical care
5 5. Demand for Health and Medical care
6 6. Health Insurance Industry
7 7. Class Discussion
8 8. Hospital Service Industry
9 9. Physician Service Industry
10 10. Pharmaceuticals
11 11. Recent trends
12 12. Recent trends
13 13. Recent trends
14 14. Review

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Folland, Sherman; Allen C. Goodman; and Miron Stano; The Economics of Health and Health Care, 5/e, Pearson Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River.
2. Lecture Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Class Discussions
3. Presentations

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define the main features of health care market.
2. The learner will define supply and demand for health and medical care.
3. The learner will identify the government s role in health care market.
4. The learner will clearly define scale economies, scope economies and managerial efficiency in hospital service industry.
5. The learner will identify the impact of government policies on the performance of health providers.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

.It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

saadet.kasman@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
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 35 35
Preparing assignments 7 10 70
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 217

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.2553
LO.34
LO.4445
LO.555

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