LF:BSEP061 Economy and Health Insurance - Course Information

BSEP061 Economy and Health Insurance

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 1 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

Mon 18. 2. 15:00–16:40 C15/309, Mon 25. 2. 15:00–16:40 C15/309, Mon 4. 3. 15:00–16:40 C15/309, Mon 11. 3. 15:00–16:40 C15/309, Mon 18. 3. 15:00–16:40 C15/309, Mon 25. 3. 15:00–16:40 C15/309, Mon 1. 4. 15:00–16:40 C15/309

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

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)

Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.

• Enrolment Statistics (spring 2019, recent)
  
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