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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | SAK112B | Health Economics | Compulsory | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Short Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | The aim of this course is to provide basic knowledge about the application of economic concepts, principles and methods to the health sector and the fields related to the health economics. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Interprets the necessary concepts and relations about health economics and forms the task descriptions. | | 2 | Knows the process of health economy activity, makes, applies different plans, prevents waste. | | 3 | Knows global health policies and international organizations. | | 4 | Knows the components of health economics, pharmaceutical production and marketing techniques and international market structure. | | 5 | Knows general trends and structural transformations of health economics in Turkey. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Normal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | The course includes Demand and price-Demand and income in health services, factors affecting demand , Supply in health services, Health care financing, Repayment methods in Turkey, Factors affecting health expenditures, The role of the government and the market in the health sector, Health economy, globalization and health policy, Economic evaluation in health services, ethic with health economics, relation with social responsibility and sustainability. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction to health economics | | | | 2 | Demand in health services: Demand and price in health services | | | | 3 | Demand in health care: Demand and income in health care | | | | 4 | Demand in health services: Other factors affecting demand in health services | | | | 5 | Supply in health services: Supply and price in health services, purpose of health care supply, cost of production process, productivity, equity and equity | | | | 6 | Supply in health services: production costs in health services, technology, quality, efficiency and ease of access and use of services | | | | 7 | Supply in health services: Key actors in the supply of health services, Pharmaceutical Industry in Turkey | | | | 8 | Health care financing: Aims, Advantages and Functions, Public and Private Funding Methods – MIDTERM EXAM | | | | 9 | Health care financing: pooling and buying | | | | 10 | Repayment methods in Turkey | | | | 11 | Factors affecting health expenditures, Health expenditures in Turkey by years | | | | 12 | The role of the government and the market in the health sector: Market structures and validity in the health sector, reasons and forms of the role of public in the sector | | | | 13 | Health economy, globalization and health policy | | | | 14 | Economic evaluation in health services, ethic with health economics, relation with social responsibility and sustainability | | | | 15 | FINAL EXAM | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Adnan Kısa, "Sağlık Ekonomisine Giriş", Ankara 1999.
Ayşegül MUTLU, A. Kadir Işık, "Sağlık Ekonomisine Giriş", Ekin Kitapevi 2005. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Question-Answer | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Self Study | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 18 | 18 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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