Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Introduction to Health Economics
Course Code
VVDG_048
Branch of Science
Economics and Business; Other Sub-Branches of Economics and Business
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Business Management; Clinical Pharmacy; Dentistry; Medicine; Pharmacy; Political Science; Public Health
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Olav Goetz
Structure Unit Manager
Daiga Behmane
Structural Unit
Health Management Teaching Group
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga
About Study Course
Objective
The purpose of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge, skills and competences in making more efficient use of scarce healthcare resources through the acquisition of conceptual and applied techniques and through empirical evidence from literature and case studies.
Preliminary Knowledge
Basic economic knowledge is desirable.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Upon successful completion of the course the students will: - understand the economic relevance of health and health care; - estimate the demand for health and health care, - be aware of the specificities of the operating environments of the health care markets; - describe models of healthcare financing design; and the behavior of various stakeholders; - understand the rationale for government intervention in healthcare markets and describe healthcare insurance; - analyse the main feature of different healthcare systems utilizing an international comparative framework.
Skills
1.The students will be able to: - understand fundamental mechanisms related to economics applied to health care; - understand the economics of health care institutions; - interpret stakeholders’ behavior in healthcare markets; - understand the economics of frailty and failure in markets for health care; - justify the use of economic concepts and evaluation techniques in the analysis of health sector and health care services; - understand the economics behind decision making in the health care system; - interpret public policies as addressing trade-offs in health care allocations.
Competences
1.Students will be able to: - to interpret the feasibility of applying the principles of the health economy in health care; - identify and address health problems through innovative health economic tools; - to judge the causes of market failures and identify policy tools to highlight them in the healthcare sector; - assess the effectiveness of health policy in the context of fairness and effectiveness; - to provide an opinion and support more effective decision-making in healthcare.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Application of health economics |
50.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Examination
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Title
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Multiple choice test |
50.00% from total grade
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10 points
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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Online
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2
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Topics
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Introduction to basic principles of Health Economics
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Introduction to basic principles of Health Economics
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Health Insurance Theory
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Health Insurance Theory
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Lecture
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Modality
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Healthcare services market
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Class/Seminar
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Healthcare services market
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Supply and Demand of Health Services
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Supply and Demand of Health Services
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Economic Evaluation of Health Care programs
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Economic Evaluation of Health Care programs
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Application of the health economics in decision-making
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Application of the health economics in decision-making
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Application of the health economics in decision-making
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Application of the health economics in decision-making
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
28 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Guinness L., Wiseman V. Introduction to Health Economics. 2nd edition, Open University Press, 2011. (jaunāku izdevumu nav)Suitable for English stream
2.
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Oxford university Press, 2015.Suitable for English stream
Additional Reading
1.
Barbu, L. Global trends in the scientific research of the health economics: a bibliometric analysis from 1975 to 2022. Health Econ Rev 13, 31, 2023Suitable for English stream
2.
Journal of Health EconomicsSuitable for English stream
3.
American Journal of Health EconomicsSuitable for English stream
Other Information Sources
1.
The Office of Health Economics (OHE)Suitable for English stream