Course Name | Health Economics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ECON 440 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Course Language | English | |||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||||||||||||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||||||||
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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;
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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. |
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Major Area Courses | X | |
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Transferable Skill Courses |
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. |
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 |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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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 |
# | 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