Organisation of Health Care

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:3.00

Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:20

Study Course Information
Course Code:		SVUEK_050		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine		Target Audience:		Medical Services
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Dzintars Mozgis
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Institute of Public Health
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svekrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		0	Lecture Length (academic hours)		0	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		0
Classes (count)		8	Class Length (academic hours)		4	Total Contact Hours of Classes		32
Total Contact Hours								32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Fundamentals of market economy. Fundamentals of management science. Fundamentals of public health. English proficiency. Computer (Internet) skills.
Objective:
Fundamentals of market economy. Fundamentals of management science. Fundamentals of public health. English proficiency. Computer (Internet) skills.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Health policy and values			Classes		0.50	auditorium
2	Health and health care financing systems			Classes		0.50	auditorium
3	Health systems and comparison thereof in the global world			Classes		0.50	auditorium
4	Health 2020: A European strategic framework for promoting health and well-being			Classes		0.50	auditorium
5	Structure and levels of the health care system			Classes		0.50	auditorium
6	Principles of organisation of the health care system in Latvia			Classes		0.50	auditorium
7	Principles of quality management in health care			Classes		0.50	auditorium
8	Principles of quality management in the health care system of Latvia			Classes		0.50	auditorium
9	Principles of health information systems			Classes		0.50	auditorium
10	Organisation and principles of operation of health information systems in Latvia			Classes		0.50	auditorium
11	Principles of health economics			Classes		0.50	auditorium
12	Macroeconomic characteristics of health care systems			Classes		0.50	auditorium
13	Possibilities for comparing health care financing systems, advantages and disadvantages thereof			Classes		0.50	auditorium
14	Systems of payment for health care services			Classes		0.50	auditorium
15	Cost-effectiveness analysis			Classes		0.50	auditorium
16	Evaluation of health technologies			Classes		0.50	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Reading the political and strategic documents governing the organisation of health care in the country.
Assessment Criteria:
Regular oral check of understanding and skills during classes. Written final course examination with theoretical questions.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Internationally accepted key values underpinning health policy; key international and Latvian health policy documents; Health care financing systems in the world, description of the Latvian system according to international classification; The organisational structure of Latvian health care; Health care laws and regulations in Latvia; Cost structure and needs of health care services, principles for the procurement of services in Latvia; Methods of economic analysis of health costs; The role of international organisations in Latvian health care; Latvian health care quality assurance system; Health information organisation and management in Latvia; Levels of health care and organisation thereof in Latvia; Application and specifics of general management principles in the public health care system.
Skills:		To evaluate the Latvian health care system in the context of international documents, requirements and practices. To orient in the organisational structure and management of the Latvian national health care.
Competencies:		To critically evaluate and use data from the literature on the economic analysis of health service costs, and use them in the management and planning of one’s work. To explain the achievements, problems and tasks of the Latvian health care organisation to the general public.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	PVO Eiropas reģionālais birojs, Veselība 2020, Eiropas stratēģiskais ietvars visos pārvaldes un sabiedrības līmeņos veiktas rīcības atbalstam veselības un labklājības vairošanai, SPKC tulkojums, 2013
2	U.Mitenbergs, M. Taube, J.Misiņā, Ē. Miķītis, A. Martinsons, A.Rūrāne, V.Kventins, „Veselības sistēmas pārejas periodā: Latvija. Pārskats par veselības aprūpes sistēmu līdz 2011. gadam Latvija”. PVO Eiropas reģionālais birojs, European Observatory on on Health Systems and Policies, 2012 (akceptējams izdevums)
3	M.Baltiņš „Lietišķā epidemioloģija”. „Zinātne”, Rīga, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums)
4	Dz.Mozgis „Ceļvedis veselības aprūpes vadībā” Nacionālais apgāds, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1	„Funding Health Care: Options for Europe”, ed. E.Mossialos, A.Dixon, J.Figueras and J.Kutzin. „Open University Press”, Buckingham, Philadelphia, 2002.
2	S.Folland, A.Goodman, M.Stano „The Economics of Health and Health Care” „Pearson Prentice Hall”, 2017.
3	H.Legido-Quigley, M.McKee, E.Nolte, I.A Glinos „Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union”, WHO, 2008
4	Paul J. Feldstein, Health Care Economics, Seventh Edition, Delmar Cengage Lerning, 2012
5	World Health Organization. The Global Burden of Disease concept.
Other Information Sources
1	Ed. by J.Figueras, M.McKee, J.Cain, S.Lessof „Health Systems in Transition: Learning from Experience” European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2004
2	Sassi F. (2006). Calculating QALYs, comparing QALY and DALY calculations. Health Policy Plan 21(5):402-408.
3	Anand S, Hanson K. (1997). Disability-adjusted life years: A critical review. J Health Econ 16:685-702.