Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HEALTH POLICY AND POLITICS 66053001 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals The aim of the program is to provide students a profound knowledge on health policy and politics and skills in health policy analysis. In addition to learn the theory and methods of the policy process and to examine national and global health policies in this framework.
Course Content Basic concepts, historical approach towards health policies, public policy theories, policy and health policymaking process, health policy analysis, health policy and the role of the state, social determinants of health, inequalities in health, organisation of healh services and decentralisation, recent trends in health financing policy, health services delivery, public private partnerships, trends in health reforms, and global actors in health policy.
Learning Outcomes 1) Discuss the importance of health policies in the management of health institutions.
2) Analyze the actors and their consequences that affect health policy.
3) May exemplify the effects of health policies.
4) Discuss the health policies and the impact of politics on the hospital
5) Analyze health policies
6) Explain why countries have different or similar health policies and systems.
7) Explain why hwalth policy reform often proves to be difficult and describe different pathways to change

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Basic concepts Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Historical approach towards health policies Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Public policy theories Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Policy and health policymaking process Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Health policy analysis Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Health policy and the role of the state Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Social determinants of health Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Inequalities in health Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Organisation of healh services and decentralisation Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Recent trends in health financing policy Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Health services delivery Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Public private partnerships Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Trends in health reforms Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Global actors in health policy Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Milstead JA (1998). Health Policy and Politics a nurses guide. Second edition.
Barker, C. : The Health Care Policy, SAGE Publications, London 1996.
Exworthy, M., Peckham, S., Powell, M., Hann, A. Shaping health policy: Case study methods and analysis, The Policy Press, 2011.
Feldstein, P.J, Health Policy Issues, AUPHA Press/Health Administration Press, 1994.
Lee, K; Buse, K; and Fustukian, S (eds). (2002). Health Policy in a Globalizing World, Cambridge University Press.
McLaughlin C.P., McLaughlin, C.D.: Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Jones and Barlett Publishers, Inc, 2008.
R Wilkinson & M Marmot (eds), Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts, WHO (2003).
Walt,G. : Health Policy : An Introduction to Process and Power, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg 1994.
Walt,G., Shiffman, J., Schneider, H., Murray,S.F., Brugha, R.,Gilson, L. “‘Doing’ health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and challenges” Health Policy and Planning 2008; 23:308–317.
WHO. The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance, World Health Organization, 2000.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Homework 1 30
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 30
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 50
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