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 | Can compare basic microeconomic theories and approaches and evaluate them with a critical perspective" | |||||
| 2 | Can compare basic macroeconomic theories and approaches and evaluate them with a critical perspective | |||||
| 3 | Applies mathematical modeling | |||||
| 4 | Analyzes economic phenomena using statistical and econometric methods | |||||
| 5 | Can analyze and interpret basic economic indicators | |||||
| 6 | Can access theoretical knowledge by conducting literature review and formulate an empirically verifiable hypothesis | |||||
| 7 | Can design a research project and conduct the research within the specified time frame | |||||
| 8 | Can develop new approaches for solving complex problems in the field of applied economics | |||||
| 9 | Develops and can recommend appropriate policies based on academic research results | |||||
| 10 | Can evaluate by combining economic knowledge with information obtained from other disciplines to solve problems | |||||
| 11 | Can use information technology effectively | |||||
| 12 | Acquires the ability to conduct independent research and learn | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| 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 | ||