Lesson Detail
| Code | Name | Type | Year | Semester | ECTS |
| 704003072013 | Health Economics | Zorunlu | 3 | 5 | 4.00 |
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course, putting out an alternative to the health sector which has become one of the key sectors in the economy to ensure efficiency and contributing availability of this alternative methods that provide low cost high benefit level.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Neşe ALGAN ÇAPRAZ
Learning Outcomes
| 1 | Defines the basic concepts of health economics and approaches. Knows the methods of health financing in Turkey also in the world, and economic factors affecting the health sector and compares them with each other |
| 2 | Determines the optimalproduct/service combinations for the production of health services. |
| 3 | Gains competence in producing effective and efficient use of scarce resources in health care and prevents waste. |
| 4 | Analyzes and interprets the tradeoffs and profit-time balance in the production of health services. |
| 5 | -Has the ability to contribute solving economic problems in health care activities. |
Mode of Delivery
Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Neşe ALGAN ÇAPRAZ
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Concept of Health Economics, Development ofHealth Economics, Health Markets, Demand and Supply of Health Markets, Economic System in Health Sector; Health Expenditures-Financing; Economic Evaluation Methods in Health Care, Health Economicsin Turkey, Pharmacoeconomicsfrom the Perspective of Health Economics.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| 1 | Definition, Purpose, Scope and History of Health Economics |
| 2 | Malthusian Population Theory |
| 3 | The Relationship Between Health Sector and Economic Growth and Development |
| 4 | Health Care Markets |
| 5 | Supply and Demand in Health Care |
| 6 | Health Policy in the World |
| 7 | Midterm Exam Week |
| 8 | Midterm Exam Week |
| 9 | Healt Policy in Turkey |
| 10 | Alternative Methods of Health Expenditures and Financing |
| 11 | Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis in Health Care |
| 12 | Cost-Minimazation, Cost-Effectiveness, Cost-Utility, Cost-Value analysis methods applied in the health sector. |
| 13 | Efficiency and Equity in Health Care |
| 14 | Evaluation of Health Services in Turkey in General Terms, OECD Sağlık İstatistikleri 2016OECD Helth Statistics |
| 15 | Final Exam Week |
| 16 | Final Exam Week |
Recommended or Required Reading
Lecture Notes Çelik Yusuf, Health Economics, Siyasal Publishing, Ankara, 2011. Çoşkun Can Aktan -Ulvi Saran (Ed.), Health EconomicsandManagement of Health,SağlıktaUmutVakfıYayını, Ankara, 2007. Mutlu Ayşegül - Işık A.Kadir , Introduction to Health Economics, EkinBookstore,Bursa, 2005. Gisela Kobelt, Health Economics: Introduction to economic valuation, Office of Health Economics, London, 2002.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
| Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 |
| Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 |
| 100 |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
| Activities | Count | WORKLOAD (hours) | TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ara Sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soru-Yanıt | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | 1 | 10 | |
| Bireysel Çalışma | 13 | 4 | 52 |
| Ara Sınav İçin Bireysel Çalışma | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Final Sınavı içiin Bireysel Çalışma | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| 120 |