Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SYB4012019192HEALTH ECONOMİCSCompulsory473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach system, concept and methodology of health economics, to be able to analyze health economics, to be gained skills of analyze and evaluate Turkish health system
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To have knowledge about theoretical and practical information related to the field of health management and to be able to implement this knowledge
2To gain knowledge and skills on understanding, analyzing and directing administrative, financial, technical and medical process of health organizations
3. To understand basic elements of health system in national and international level, to comprehend health planning and health policy, to analyze health sector economic and financially
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
In this course, emphasizes subjECTS related to Concept and development of health economics and role of health sector in economics, Health economic system and analysis of health demand and supply, Relationship with between economic growth and development and health care sector, Economic planning and planning of health care sector, Project evaluation in health care sector, Production and financing of health care services, Pharmaceutical industry and economics, Economic rationality in health policies, Economic evaluation techniques and Turkish health economics.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Health and Health Economics: Terms and Definitions
2Required for Health Economics Key Economic and Statistical Methods
3Demand for Health Care, Consumer Choice and Information
4Sağlık Hizmetleri Sunumu, Üretim Fonksiyonu ve Sağlık Hizmetlerinin Sağlık Statüsü Üzerindeki Etkisi
5Health Care and Health Insurance Marketplace
6Midterm Exam
7Health Care Market and Healthcare Professionals
8Health Care and Hospitals Marketplace
9Health Care Markets, the State and the Role and Importance of Non-Profit Institutions
10Health Care Cost Concepts and Cost Function
11Important Concepts in Health Services: Equality, Equity, Access, Need, Efficiency
12Turkey and Other Countries Health Expenditure and Development
13Turkey and Other Countries Health Expenditure and Development
14Pharmaceutical Economics and Drug Expenditures in Turkey,Turkey Investigation of Health Economics System: Supply, Demand, Finance
15Preparition For The Final exam
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano (1997). The Economics of Health and Health Care. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Alistair McGuire, John Henderson, Gavin Mooney (1995). The Economics of Health Care. An Introductroy Text, New York. Paul J. Feldstein (1993). Health Care Economics. Delmar Publishers, New York. William Jack (1999). Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countries. The World Bank, Washington. Thomas E. Getzen (1997). Health Economics: Fundamentals and Flow of Funds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. Philip Jacobs (1997). The Economics of Health and Medical Care. An Aspen Publication, Maryland. Yuanli Liu, Yusuf Çelik, Bayram Şahin. `Türkiye?de Sağlık ve İlaç Harcamaları?. Eylül 2005, ISBN 975-00370-0-6, SUVAK, Ankara. Victor Fuchs (1974). Who Shall Live? Health Economics and Social Choice. Basic Books Inc., New York. Ivan Illich (1995). Sağlığın Gasbı. Çeviren: Süha Sertabioğlu. Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Individual Study for Mid term Examination12020
Individual Study for Final Examination12020
Reading13030
13030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
LO14     
LO2 3    
LO3  5   
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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