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 | Have advanced level of knowledge about the field of Public Finance-Tax in order to gain practical gains. | |||||
| 2 | He/she can identify the issues related to Finance-Tax area by considering them within the framework of a method and report and evaluate them from an analytical point of view. | |||||
| 3 | Able to understand, interpret and analyze economic and financial events, equipped with knowledge of certain disciplines, especially economics, business and law | |||||
| 4 | Develops policies and strategies for the solution of problems by establishing the cause-effect relationship related to financial and economic problems through theoretical information and current discussions, by making financial analyzes. | |||||
| 5 | By establishing the relationship of public financial management and budget theory with public policies, he/she makes strong budget analysis, develops analyzes on public finance and establishes the policy implementation relationship. | |||||
| 6 | Understanding tax theory, learning the legal background, following the developments and gaining a professional competence in tax matters effectively develop it. | |||||
| 7 | Have knowledge of accounting systems in private and public institutions and businesses, analyze and interpret the financial and financial structure of businesses with the knowledge and competence gained. | |||||
| 8 | Gain knowledge of macroeconomic structure and growth theory, including theoretical and country examples, and evaluate economic developments from a theoretical perspective. | |||||
| 9 | Can use foreign language in financial and economic fields, follow international literature, communicate on professional issues. | |||||
| 10 | By using information technologies, digital developments and common software, it benefits from technological developments in studies specific to its field. | |||||
| 11 | It uses qualitative and quantitative methods necessary for the analysis of economic, financial, social and institutional events. | |||||
| 12 | While fulfilling its academic and professional responsibilities, the United Nations develops an approach that respects sustainable development goals, fundamental freedoms, disadvantaged groups, the environment, cultural and moral values. | |||||
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 | ||