BSEP061 Economy and Health Insurance

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc.
Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Administration – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Helena Malenová
Supplier department: Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Administration – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 20. 2. to Fri 6. 4. Mon 15:00–16:40 KOM S117
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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 the 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
  • Economic issues of health systems
  • Basic concepts in health economics
  • Competition in health care
  • Measuring costs
  • cost-effectiveness analysis
  • cost-benefit analysis
  • Health financing
  • Health insurance
  • Cost of illness
  • Economics and new public health.
Literature
    required literature
  • NĚMEC, Jiří. Principy zdravotního pojištění. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 240 s. ISBN 9788024726281. info
Teaching methods
lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023.
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