LF:BDEK061 Economy and health insurance - Course Information

BDEK061 Economy and health insurance

Extent and Intensity

0/0.5/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (assistant)
Zdeňka Jochová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable

Fri 21. 2. 11:50–13:30 B11/211, Fri 6. 3. 9:50–11:30 B11/211, Fri 20. 3. 11:50–13:30 B11/327, Fri 3. 4. 9:50–11:30 B11/327

Prerequisites

BDMA051 Management in Nursing
Prerequisites according to the MU study and examination regulations.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• General Nurse (programme LF, B-OS)

Course objectives

By the end of this course student should be able to: describe basic theories and concepts of health economics; explain the causes of market failures in health care; describe the basic models of health care systems; describe health care financing and expenditures in the Czech Republic; describe basic types and principles of health insurance; list criteria for the evaluation of health care services; apply methods for the economic evaluation of health care services; understand possibilities and limitations of economic analyses in the health care system.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course student should be able to:
- describe basic theories and concepts of health economics;
- explain the causes of market failures in health care;
- describe the basic models of health care systems;
- describe health care financing and expenditures in the Czech Republic;
- describe basic types and principles of health insurance;
- list criteria for the evaluation of health care services;
- apply methods for the economic evaluation of health care services;
- understand possibilities and limitations of economic analyses in the health care system.

Syllabus

• Economics, health and health care.
• Health care and health services.
• Assessment of the current health situation.
• Determinants of health.
• Basic concepts in health economics.
• Market failures in health care.
• Determinants of expenditure growth in the healthcare sector.
• Basic healthcare models in the world health.
• Evaluating the healthcare system, methods of economic analysis.
• Health financing.
• Health insurance.
• Economics and New public health.

Literature

required literature
• HOLČÍK, Jan. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost (System of health care and health literacy). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 293 pp. Škola a zdraví pro 21. století. ISBN 978-80-210-5239-0. info
• HOLČÍK, Jan, Adolf ŽÁČEK and Ilona KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. 3. nezměn. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 137 s. ISBN 9788087192153. info
• MAAYTOVÁ, Alena. Otázky ekonomiky zdravotnictví s ohledem na zvyšování efektivnosti. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012, 164 stran. ISBN 9788073579128. info
• NĚMEC, Jiří. Principy zdravotního pojištění. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 240 s. ISBN 9788024726281. info

recommended literature
• BARTÁK, Miroslav. Ekonomika zdraví : sociální, ekonomické a právní aspekty péče o zdraví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2010, 223 s. ISBN 9788073575038. info

Teaching methods

lecture and seminar

Assessment methods

Oral exam - students choose one question to respond.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8.

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