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Health Economics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:42
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VVDG_004 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Economics; Social Economics | Target Audience: | Health Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Alina Dūdele | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 9 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 18 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 36 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of economics, analytical and graph interpretation skills, knowledge of English. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The student acquires knowledge about the nature and application of the science of health economics, which is based on the application of economic principles and methods in the planning and management of the health care system, as well as the macroeconomic role of health systems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Conceptual issues of health economics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The macroeconomic importance of health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Analysis of macroeconomic, social and health indicators | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Formation of demand and supply in health care | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Factors affecting demand | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Factors influencing supply | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Costs, prices and tariffs | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Cost analysis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Formation of the health services market, influencing factors | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Analysis of the health care services market | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The concept of efficiency in health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Application of the concept of efficiency | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Health care financing systems | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Analysis of financing systems | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Health Insurance | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Analysis of health insurance systems | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Work with literature; • Data search, collection and analysis; • Case analysis; • Solving tasks and presenting results and independent learning results. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Activity during interactive lectures; • Solving situational tasks in classes; • Correct answers in the written exam. 50% – evaluation of the written exam and 50% – work in lectures and classes and other tasks. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • To understand the importance and application of health economics in health management systems. • To learn the methods of economic analysis of health policy. • To learn the application of microeconomic methods in the analysis and planning of health care processes. • To understand the individual behaviour patterns of health system participants and the factors affecting them. • To understand the limiting effects of market factors in the field of health care. • To understand the formation of demand, supply and prices in the health care sector. • To learn the economic aspects of health care financing and the creation of service payment systems. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • To analyse the economic aspects of health systems: resource limitations, efficiency, productivity, etc. • To apply the production function in creating the offer of health services. • To apply marginal analysis in the planning of health care services. • To analyse demand-forming factors in health care. • To analyse the formation of the health care services market, the limited competition and the factors affecting it. • To analyse the nature and impact of government regulation on the availability of health care services. • To apply cost-benefit analysis in the planning and management of health systems. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • To apply economic methods in the management and planning of the health care system. • To substantiate the macroeconomic importance of health systems. • To evaluate microeconomic models in the analysis of health care processes. • To assess the economic performance of health systems. • To assess the functioning of the health care financing system. • To assess the structure and nature of the health insurance system. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Guinness L., Wiseman V. Introduction to Health Economics (2nd edition), Open University Press, 2011 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes / Michael F. Drummond ... [et al.]. 4th ed. Oxford ;New York : Oxford University Press, 2015 | ||||||||
| 3 | Cashin C et.al Paying for performance in health care. Implications for health system performance and accountability, Open University Press, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series, 2014 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Maresso A, et.al. Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experience. European Observatory, 2015 | ||||||||
| 2 | Cutler, D.M. Equality, efficiency, and market fundamentals: the dynamics of international medical-care reform’, Journal of Economic Literature, 40(3): 881-906, 2002 | ||||||||
| 3 | The Global Economic Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases, Report of World Economic Forum. poduced by Harvard School of Public Health | ||||||||
| 4 | Figueras J., McKee M. Health Systems, health, wealth and Societal Well-being. European Observatory, 2012 | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/164383/… | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | World Bank | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics… | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.csb.gov.lv/dati/statistikas-datubazes-28270.html | ||||||||
| 5 | http://sabves.spkc.gov.lv/Lists/DatuAvoti/DispForm.aspx?ID=… | ||||||||
| 6 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 7 | http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm | ||||||||
| 8 | http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics… | ||||||||
| 9 | World Bank | ||||||||
