Objectives and competences
In this course the students: 1. Consolidate and upgrade theoretical knowledge in the field of finance and insurance 2. Are able to use theretical knowledge in cases of demand and supply of healthcare services 3.They adopt an applicatively useful approach to health insurance, and the assessment of the appropriateness of the health expenditure structure.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Economic Valuation of Health
2. Health Goods, Market Failure
3. Optimal Health Insurance Contracts
4. Risk Selection in Health Insurance Markets
5. Forms of Delivery of Medical Care
6. Universal Health Coverage
7. Health Expenditure: Public and Private
Learning and teaching methods
lectures; case studies; discussion; individual study
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
Students:
-understand the functioning of the health services market, -understand the need for universal health insurance, - distinguish between health expenditure;
Cognitive/Intellectual skills:
- Develop the ability to communicate professionally and critically. - Develop the ability to put knowledge into practice while understanding the differences between individual global regions. - Develop research, comprehensive thinking, decision-making and action skills.
Key/Transferable skills
- Ability to participate in the interdisciplinary and international team.
- They build professional ethics.
- They are able to plan, develop, manage and carry out professional tasks in financing health system and universal healthcare insurance
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Practical skills:
- They're using ICT.
- Carry out a financial analysis of health insurance.
Readings
1. Peter Zweifel, Friedrich Breyer, Mathias Kifmann (2009). Health Economics. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68540-1(izbrana poglavja).
2. Zweifel, P. (2022). Health economics explained through six questions and answers. Economic Affairs, 42( 1), 50– 69. Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecaf.12507.
3. Health at a Glance 2021: OECD Indicators (November 2021): Chapter 7 on Health Expenditure. Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-at-a-glance-2021_ae3016b9-en.
4. OECD (2020): Public funding of health care, Policy Brief. Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://www.oecd.org/health/Public-funding-of-health-care-Brief-2020.pdf.
5. WHO (2019), The Universal Health Coverage Global Monitoring Report 2019, World Health Organization, Geneva. Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/2019-uhc-report.pdf.
6. Improving the timeliness of health expenditure tracking in OECD and low- and middle-income countries, OECD Health Working Paper No. 152 (February 2023). Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/0b699976-en.pdf?expires=1682410729&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=468D029D4FE882F975884FF9A652418E.
7. Morgan, D. and C. James (2022), “Investing in health systems to protect society and boost the economy: Priority investments and order-of-magnitude cost estimates”, OECD Health Working Papers, No. 144, OECD Publishing, Paris. Pridobljeno 26. aprila 2023: https://doi.org/10.1787/d0aa9188-en.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Case study 30%;
written exam 70%. Two interim tests can replace the written exam (each 35 %).
