COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Health Economics
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ECON 440
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
5
Prerequisites
 ECON 101To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
orECON 102To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
orGEEC 203To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
orECON 100To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives Health Economics analyzes the most efficient use and distribution of resources in the healthcare market. The course aims to teach students how to use various microeconomic theories and tools to examine issues in health and medical services.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to understand basic microeconomic tools and apply techniques to issues in health economics and health care.
  • Will be able to search the health economics literature in several broad areas outlined in the syllabus.
  • Will be able to evaluate the ongoing institutional changes in the medical care system.
  • Will be able describe the current problems in the medical care systems and bring suggestions for possible solutions for the problems.
  • Will be able to evaluate the economic aspects of medical care policy issues and reform proposals.
Course Description The course will examine the special features of medical care as a commodity, the demand for health and medical care services, the economic explanations of the behavior of medical care providers – hospitals and physicians, the functioning of insurance markets, the systems of health care financing and delivery arrangements in Turkey, in the US and other major countries.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Main Concepts of Health Economics and Microeconomic Tools Health Economics Ch. 1
2 Main Concepts of Health Economics and Microeconomic Tools Health Economics Ch. 1
3 The Production of Health Health Economics Ch. 2 & 3
4 Demand for Medical Care Health Economics Ch. 4
5 Demand for Medical Care and Applications Health Economics Ch. 5
6 Demand for Medical Care and Applications Health Economics Ch. 5
7 Supply of Health Services Health Economics Ch. 6 & 7
8 Midterm Exam
9 Supply of Health Services Health Economics Ch. 8 & 9
10 Demand for Health Insurance Health Economics Ch. 10
11 Health Insurance Market Health Economics Ch. 11
12 Government Provision of Health Insurance Health Economics Ch. 12
13 An Evaluation of General Health Insurance in Turkey
14 Review for Final Exam
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Health Economics, Charles E. Phelps, Addison Wesley; 5th edition (2012). Pearson Press
Suggested Readings/Materials

Health Economics, Second Edition by Frank A. Sloan and Chee-Ruey Hsieh. The MIT Press, 2016.

 

The Handbook of Health Economics, Anthony J. Culyer and Joseph P. Newhouse, eds., Elsevier Science, 2000.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weighting
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
25
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
35
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
2
32
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
20
Final Exams
1
30
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field.

X
2

To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies.

X
3

To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently.

X
4

To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals.

5

To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires.

6

To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically.

X
7

To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output.

X
8

To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society.

X
9

To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member.

10

To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis.

X
11

To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest