F1EZ1_11 Economics of Health Care

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Bc. Dana Mazánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Bc. Dana Mazánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PharmDr. Bc. Dana Mazánková, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Supplier department: Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Timetable
each even Thursday 8:00–9:40 44-037
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
F1EZ1_11/01: each even Thursday 9:55–11:35 45-221, D. Mazánková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FaF) || OBOR(MUSFaF)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 11/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is introduction to the problems of the health care provision (in conditions of the mixed economics). Decision making in public sector, economic aspects of the providing medical and hospital services (from the view of its competition), cost effectiveness, regulation of the supply and demand in public health, types and conception of pharmacoeconomic analysis and rational pharmacotherapy and its efficiency compose the object matter of the subject.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the basic principles of market functioning;
- Understand the creation of supply, demand and prices in the market, their mutual influence;
- Identify how competition between market subjects works with a focus on healthcae;
- Orientate in the provision of healthcare with a focus on its effectiveness;
- Know how the healthcare system is financed;
- Know the drugs policy and the instruments applied;
- Understand the principles of rational drug therapy from the point of view of economic efficiency and its evaluation.
Syllabus
  • Lecture 1: Introductory lecture to Health Care Economics: Scarce resources, wants. Market, supply, demand, price theory. Perfect and imperfect competition. Private and non-private estates, externalities.
    Lecture 2: Competition on health care markets difference from classical markets. Organization of health services. Competition on health care markets - according to levels of provided health services.
    Lecture 3: Efficienty, effectiveness, equity in health care. "The Magical Triangle". Forms of health care financing.
    Lecture 4: Health care policy and drug policy and its tools. Drug price.
    Lecture 5: Generic drugs. Pharmacoeconomics and outcome research, value of medicine. Opportunity costs.
    Lecture 6: Structures of economic evaluations and its principles. Risk evaluation.
    Seminar 1: Interactive seminar - Supply of health care in conditions of public economics - examples from health care system.
    Seminar 2: Interactive seminar - Competition on health care markets, difference from classical markets - examples from classical markets and health care markets.
    Seminar 3: Interactive seminar - Effectiveness and equity in health care, work with the Magical Triangle.
    Seminar 4: Interactive seminar - Generic substitution in EU countries.
    Seminar 5: Interactive seminar - Cost effectiveness, types of outcomes.
    Seminar 6: Substitution of non-attended seminars. Evaluation of the course - final test.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Sechser, Tomáš. Racionální farmakoterapie. Praha: Ramedia, 2006. ISBN 80-903555-1-X. info
  • FUCHS, Kamil. Mikroekonomie (Microeconomics). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzity, 2005, 212 pp. ISBN 80-210-3808-X. info
  • Křížová, Eva. Zdravotnické systémy v mezinárodním srovnání. 1998. ISBN 80-238-0937-7. info
  • Kuvíková, Helena, Murgaš, Milan, Nemec, Juraj. Ekonómia zdravotníctva. Banská Bystrica: Phoenix, 1995. info
Teaching methods
Lectures - theoretical preparation. Seminars - individual and group projects and their presentations, seminar works, discussions, brainstorming.
Assessment methods
Continuous evaluation of the outputs of seminars prepared by students. Evaluation of presented seminar works. The final test is based only on the issues solved at the seminars. The final exam is oral form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Conditions for passing a course:
1.100% participation in seminars and working-out setting of seminars (seminar sheets)
- in the case of non-attened seminars is necessary send written excuse to guarantor of course
2.Presentation of a seminar work
3.Successfull passing of a final test
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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