Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Health Economics
Course Code
VVDG_025
Branch of Science
Economic Theories; Economics and Business
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Management Science; Medical Services; Medical Technologies
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Alina Dūdele
Structure Unit Manager
Daiga Behmane
Structural Unit
Health Management Teaching Group
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga
About Study Course
Objective
To master and practically apply the principles and methods of microeconomics in the context of the health system, to analyze the behavioral models of individual players (patients, medical institutions), the factors influencing them and to understand the macroeconomic significance of health systems.
Preliminary Knowledge
Basic knowledge of economics is desirable.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Upon successful completion of the study course, the student has acquired knowledge of: • the nature and importance of the health economy as a science • macroeconomic assessment of the health sector • microeconomic methods in the analysis and planning of health care processes • patterns of individual behavior of health system participants and factors influencing it • restrictive activities of market factors in the field of health care • health production functions, demand, supply and price formation in the health sector • healthcare financing and payment systems • principles, methods of economic evaluation of health technologies and their application
Skills
1.The student has acquired the following skills: • To analyze the economic aspects of health systems: resource constraints, efficiency, productivity, etc. • To analyze the factors forming the demand and supply in health care • To evaluate aspects of health care service price formation • To apply cost-benefit analysis in the planning and management of health systems • To apply the discount method to the costs and benefits of health systems that are affected by the time factor • To apply cost comparison and cost-effectiveness analysis in health technology assessment • To calculate the cost-effectiveness of health technologies
Competences
1.The student has acquired the following competencies: • To judge on the macroeconomic importance of the health sector • To assess the role and functioning of market factors in the healthcare sector • To assess the economic performance, costs and results of health systems • To substantiate and evaluate the economic efficiency of health technologies and to judge the necessity of their deployment
Assessment
Individual work
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Organization of students' independent work and tasks:
• Acquisition and analysis of scientific literature
• Data search, compilation and analysis
• Presentation of the results of individual and group tasks.
In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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Evaluation criteria:
• Activity during interactive lectures
• Solving situation tasks in classes
• Correctness of answers in the written exam
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Analysis of health care indicators
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Categories and analysis of health care costs
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Health care financing systems
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Methods of economic analysis, their application. Evaluating cost effectiveness
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Assessment of health technologies
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Macroeconomic significance of the health sector
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Nature, principles, application of health economics. Characteristics of the health care services market
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Health care payment systems
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Guinness L., Wiseman V. Introduction to Health Economics (2nd edition). Open University Press (2011) (akceptējams izdevums/approved publication)Suitable for English stream
Additional Reading
1.
Folland S., Goodman A., Stano M. The Economics of Health and Health Care. Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall (2017)
2.
Drummond M. Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes / Michael F. Drummond ... [et al.]. 4th ed. Oxford ;New York : Oxford University Press (2015)
3.
S.Larsson, J.Clawson, J.Kellar. 2023. The patient priority: solve health care's value crisis by measuring and delivering outcomes that matter to patients. New York. McGraw Hill.