ECTS - Health Economics
Health Economics (SY505) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Health Economics | SY505 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | 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 |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Supply and demand, consumer producer surplus, market response, elasticity, taxes, decision making, rational consumer, production decision, market structure. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Health and Health Economics: Terms and Definitions | |
| 2 | Required for Health Economics Key Economic and Statistical Methods | |
| 3 | Demand for Health Care, Consumer Choice and Information | |
| 4 | Health Services Delivery, Health Status and Health Services Impact on Production Function | |
| 5 | Health Care and Health Insurance Marketplace | |
| 6 | Midterm Exam | |
| 7 | Health Care Market and Healthcare Professionals | |
| 8 | Health Care and Hospitals Marketplace | |
| 9 | Health Care Markets, the State and the Role and Importance of Non-Profit Institutions | |
| 10 | Health Care Cost Concepts and Cost Function | |
| 11 | Important Concepts in Health Care: Equality, Equity, Access Requirements, Efficiency | |
| 12 | Methods of Economic Evaluation of Health Care Services | |
| 13 | Turkey and Other Countries Health Expenditure and Development | |
| 14 | Pharmaceutical Economics and Drug Expenditures in Turkey,Turkey Investigation of Health Economics System: Supply, Demand, Finance | |
| 15 | Preparition For The Final exam | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano (1997). The Economics of Health and Health Care. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. |
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| 2. Alistair McGuire, John Henderson, Gavin Mooney (1995). The Economics of Health Care. An Introductroy Text, New York. | |
| 3. Thomas E. Getzen (1997). Health Economics: Fundamentals and Flow of Funds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 20 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To compare main microeconomic theories, approaches and make a critical evaluation of each | |||||
| 2 | To compare main macroeconomic theories, approaches and make a critical evaluation of each | |||||
| 3 | To apply mathematical modeling | |||||
| 4 | To employ statistical and econometric tools in analyzing an economic phenomena | |||||
| 5 | To analyze the main economic indicators and comment on them | |||||
| 6 | To acquire theoretical knowledge through literature survey and derive empirically confirmable hypothesis | |||||
| 7 | To make a research design and carry it out within predetermined time frames | |||||
| 8 | To be able to develop new approaches for complex problems in applied economics and/or apply statistical/econometric tools to new areas/problems | |||||
| 9 | To formulate and present policy recommendations based on academic research | |||||
| 10 | To combine economic knowledge with other disciplines in order to solve problems requiring scientific expertise | |||||
| 11 | To use information technology effectively | |||||
| 12 | To continue learning and undertake advanced research independently | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 126 | ||