Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HEALTH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 66054001 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 provides a perspective on the determinants and elements of the health systems in the developing and developed countries. It is aimed to gain the knowledge and skills to analyze internationally health systems and politicies in general.
Course Content Identifying bulding blocks of health system, determinants of health, impacts of globalazition on health, health market, inequities, health reform, functions of health system, evaluation of health systems performance.
Learning Outcomes 1) Orders different health systems and basic characteristics.
2) Analyses and discuss health systems comparatively.
3) Gains a comparative analysis of international health systems and policies.
4) Describes health system concept and its components.
5) Explains justifications for why health systems are compared.
6) Interpreates data used in the comparison of health systems.
7) Analyses the effects of health systems on the health level of the society.
8) Exemplifies the types of healthcare systems of free market, health insurance based, tax based health system and socialist types that exist in industrialized and transitional countries.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction and general principles of the course, resources related to the course Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Determinants of health Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Globalization and health Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Global inequities and health Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Health reform Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Borders and aims of the health system Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Functions of health system Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The reasons and difficulties of comparing health systems Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Health system comparison approaches and health system classification studies Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Private health systems model Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Social health insurance model Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Principles of tax-based health systems Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Social oriented health system model Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Assessing performance of the health systems Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Hsiao, W. (2007). "Why is a Systemic View of Health Financing Necessary?" Health Affairs 26: 950‐961.
What is a Health System? Why Should We Care? , William C. Hsiao , (2003) http://lingli.ccer.edu.cn/ahe2012/%5CWeek3%5CHsiao2003.pdf
Anderson, et. al. (2001). “Comparing Health System Performance in OECD Countries, Health Affairs , May/June 2001, pp 219-232. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/20/3/219
Johnson, J.A., Stoskopf, C.H. (2011). Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives. Jones and Barlett Publishers .USA.
Maud MTE Huynen, Pim Martens and Henk BM Hilderink (2005). “The health impacts of globalisation: a conceptual framework”, Globalization and Health, 1:14.
Reinhardt “Does the Aging of the Population Really Drive the Demand for Health Care” Health Affairs, November December 2003 http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/22/6/27.pdf
Reinhardt, U. E. 2001. "Can Efficiency in Health Care Be Left to the Market?" Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law 265: 967
Roemer, Milton. (1991). National Health Systems of the World. Volume One. The Countries. Oxford University Press.
Schrecker, T., Labonté, R & De Vogli, R. (2008). Globalisation and health: the need for a global vision, The Lancet vol. 372, no. 9650, pp. 1670-6.
WHO. (2000). The World Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance, World Health Organization.
Yıldırım HH ve Yıldırım T. (2015). Avrupa Birliği Sağlık Politikaları ve Sistemleri. ABSAM Yayınları, Mayıs 2015, Ankara.

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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