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| SYON5004 | Health Economics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | HEALTH ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sedat BOSTAN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course: The aim of this course is to teach health economics system, concept and methodology, to make health economics analysis, to gain the ability to analyze and evaluate Turkish health economics. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Knows and defines the basic concepts of health economics. | 12 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Know and discuss the characteristics of health care market and market. | 12 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | Apply economic evaluation methods of health services. | 12 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | Establish and explain the relationship between health expenditures and health indicators of countries. Have an idea about drug economy. | 12 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In this course, the concept of health economics, development and place of health sector in the economy,
Health economics system and health supply and demand analysis,
Relation of health sector with economic growth and development,
Economic planning and health sector planning,
Project evaluation in health sector,
Health care production and financing, Pharmaceutical industry and economy,
Economic rationality in health policies,
Economic Evaluation Techniques and Turkey will focus on issues related to health economics |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Health and Health Economics: Definitions and Concepts | | | Week 2 | Basic Economic and Statistical Methods for Health Economics | | | Week 3 | Health Services Demand, Consumer Choice and Information | | | Week 4 | Health Service Delivery, Production Function and Impact of Health Services on Health Status | | | Week 5 | Health Services Market and Health Insurances | | | Week 6 | Health Services Market and Health Professionals | | | Week 7 | Health Services Market and Hospitals | | | Week 8 | Health Services Market, Role and Importance of Government and Non-Profit Institutions | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Cost Concept and Cost Function in Health Car | | | Week 11 | Important Concepts in Health Services: Equality, Equity, Access, Need, Productivity | | | Week 12 | Economic Evaluation Methods in Health Services | | | Week 13 | Health Expenditures and Development in Turkey and Other Countries | | | Week 14 | Drug Expenditures Drug Economy and Turkey, Turkey Investigation of Health Economics System: Supply, Demand, Financing | | | Week 15 | General Exam Preparation | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano (1997). The Economics of Health and Health Care. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. | | | |
| 1 | Alistair McGuire, John Henderson, Gavin Mooney (1995). The Economics of Health Care. An Introductroy Text, New York | | | 2 | Yuanli Liu, Yusuf Çelik, Bayram Şahin. `Türkiye?de Sağlık ve İlaç Harcamaları?. Eylül 2005, ISBN 975-00370-0-6, SUVAK, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 6 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 190 |
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