Health Economics

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. Stefan Boes; Kathryn Ann Dawson-Townsend, MA
Veranstaltungsart	Masterseminar
Code	FS211019
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2021
Durchführender Fachbereich	Gesundheitswissenschaften
Studienstufe	Master
Termin/e	Di, 23.02.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 24.02.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 02.03.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 03.03.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 09.03.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 10.03.2021, 12:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Di, 16.03.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 17.03.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 23.03.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 24.03.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 30.03.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 31.03.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 13.04.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 14.04.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 20.04.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 21.04.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 27.04.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 28.04.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 04.05.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 05.05.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 11.05.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, HS 14 Mi, 12.05.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 18.05.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 19.05.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 25.05.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 26.05.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Di, 01.06.2021, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.A05 Mi, 02.06.2021, 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B02 Mo, 21.06.2021, 10:15 - 11:45 Uhr, HS 1 (Prüfung)
Weitere Daten	Mandatory for all students in the Major "Health Economics and Health Policy".
Umfang	4 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	weekly
Inhalt	What determines the demand and supply of health care? How do informational problems affect decisions in the health care market? What role does insurance play in the determination of demand and supply? Should governments regulate the health care market? How can policy-makers address equity and efficiency aspects in a health system? These and other questions will be addressed in this introductory course in health economics. Topics include the demand for health and health care, the supply of health care, health insurance, the economics of health innovation, and public health economics. We will also look at special topics such as the economics of disability, behavioral economics and experimental approaches to study decision-making. Economic principles will be applied to analyze current issues in the health system in Switzerland and in other countries, and we will discuss the relevance and limits of health economics to inform health policy and practice.
E-Learning	Teaching material is provided via the e-learning platform moodle.
Lernziele	The objectives of the course are: (i) to apply economic principles to describe and understand the behavior of key actors in the health system, (ii) to assess the functioning of health care markets from an economic perspective, and (iii) to demonstrate how economic analysis can be used to inform decision-making on all levels of the health system.
Voraussetzungen	Overall grade of 4.0 or better.
Sprache	Englisch
Begrenzung	priority MA Health Sciences students
Anmeldung	https://master-healthsciences.elearninglab.org/course/view.php?id=424
Leistungsnachweis	Final written exam.
Abschlussform / Credits	Final written exam / 6 Credits
Hinweise	Teaching method(s): Longitudinal course with blended learning, including lectures, tutorials, exercises and class/online discussions.
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	stefan.boes@unilu.ch / kathryn.dawson@unilu.ch
Material	Teaching material is based on slides, worksheets, and selected book chapters.
Literatur	Readings for this course are Bhattacharya J, Hyde T, Tu P (2013) Health Economics, Palgrave Macmillan. Folland S, Goodman AC, Stano M (2013) The Economics of Health and Health Care, International Edition, 7e, Pearson. The textbooks are available in the library. In addition, there will be slides for each lecture and exercises for the tutorial sessions.