Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HEALTH ECONOMICS 66053003 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 course aims to teach students the application of economic methods to health field in order to improve the health status and the health system overall.
Course Content This course will cover the historical development of health economics, fundamental concepts of health economics, supply and demand of health services, market failure and health services, health care financing and health expenditures, the relationship between economic growth and development and health sector, the relationship between the economic and social planning and health sector, economic evaluation techniques for health services, and pharmacoeconomics.
Learning Outcomes 1) Explains the definition, importance and development of health economics.
2) Explains the supply and demand of health care services.
3) Tells the determination of health care services' demand and supply.
4) Analyses the national and international health expenditure and compare them.
5) Compares the different health financing systems on the basis of functions of health financing.
6) Explains the relationship among the economic growth, development and health sector.
7) Explains the importance of health sector for economic and social planning.
8) Lists the economic evaluation techniques in the health sector.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Historical development of health economics Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The structure of health economics Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Key features of health services in terms of economics Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Demans for health services Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Supply for health services Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Market equilibrium, market failure and health services Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Health expenditure Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Analysis of health expanditures in Turkey Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Health care financing Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Analysis health financing policy in Turkey Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Economic growth, development and health sector Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Economic and social planning and health sector Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Economic evaluation methods for health sector Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Pharmacoeconomics Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Breyer, F. (1987). The specification of a hospital cost function: a comment on the recent literature, Journal of Health Economics, 6, 147-157.
Culyer, A.J. ve J.P.Newhouse (2007). Handbook of Health Economics Volume 1A and 1B. Great Britain: Elsevier North-Holland.
Drummond M. F. et al., ( 1987 ), Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, Oxford Univesity Press, Oxford.
Feldstein P. J. (1993) Health Care Economics, Delmar Publishers Inc.
Grossmann, M. (1972). On the concept of health capital and the demand for health, Journal of Political Economy, 82, 223-255.
Jacobs P. (1997) The Economics of Health and Medical Care, An Aspen Publication, Fourth Edition.
Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano (2007). The Economics of Health and Health Care. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Sophie Witter, Tim Ensor (1997). An Introduction to Health Economics. John Wiley & Sons. England.
Thomas Rice (2002). The Economics of Health Reconsidered. Health Administration Press. Chicago, Illinois.
Van Mosseveld, C. (2005). Pharmaceutical expenditure compared across countries, Can J Clin Pharmacol, 12 (3), 269-275.

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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