BSEP061 Economy and Health Insurance

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (assistant)
Zdeňka Jochová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 16. 2. to Mon 30. 3. Mon 15:30–17:10 S117
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
By the end of this course student should be able to: describe basic theories and concepts of health economics; explain the causes of market failures in health care; describe the basic models of health care systems; describe health care financing and expenditures in the Czech Republic; describe the types and principles of health insurance; list criteria for the evaluation of health care services; apply methods for the economic evaluation of health care services; understand possibilities and limitations of economic analyses in the health care system.
Syllabus
  • Economic issues of health systems
  • Basic concepts in health economics
  • Competition in health care
  • Measuring costs
  • cost-effectiveness analysis
  • cost-benefit analysis
  • Health financing
  • Health insurance
  • Cost of illness
  • Economics and new public health.
Literature
    required literature
  • NĚMEC, Jiří. Principy zdravotního pojištění. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2008, 240 s. ISBN 9788024726281. info
    not specified
  • MAAYTOVÁ, Alena. Otázky ekonomiky zdravotnictví s ohledem na zvyšování efektivnosti. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012, 164 stran. ISBN 9788073579128. info
  • HOLČÍK, Jan. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotní gramotnost (System of health care and health literacy). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 293 pp. Škola a zdraví pro 21. století. ISBN 978-80-210-5239-0. info
Teaching methods
lecture and seminar
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023.
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