Health Economics

Course: Health Economics
Course Number: 47
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Credits: 6
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  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 47

SEMESTER

 5th &  7th
COURSE TITLE Health Economics
TEACHINGACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
  3 6
Please, add lines if necessary.Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSETYPE

Background, GeneralKnowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

 No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUSSTUDENTS: No
COURSE URL:  
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
After successful completion of the course students will be able to:

• To know the general economic principles of financial health.

• Reflect if health is a private or public good.

• To develop the theory of demand and production in the field of health.

• To know the financial objectives of the operation of hospitals.

• Describe the situation and developments in the labor market of health personnel in Greece.

• Write assignments related to health finance.
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
–          Autonomous work

–          Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use

–          Working in an interdisciplinary environment

–          Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

–          Critical thinking
  1. COURSE CONTENT
The course material is divided into 13 weeks, the content of which is:

• Introduction to basic economic concepts.

• The concept and object of health economics

• The good “health”

• The consumer theory of the demand for health services

• The theory of production

• The hospital as an economic unit

• Economic objectives of the operation of hospitals

• Labor market and health planning.

• Health staff in Greece
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHINGMETHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 For this course, the online e-class platform is used, on which online texts, digital study sources and work environments are put.

Through this online environment, communication with the students is delivered, updates are posted and work assignments are given.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Elaboration of activities 21
Study of bibliography 45
Shortessaywriting 45
Course total 150
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

The evaluation is based on two axes: a) the active participation of students in the educational process, which is ensured with their involvement in a submitted assignment that is considered as a prerequisite for understanding the content of the course and their participation in the final examinations; and b) their participation in the final written examination.

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Santerre, R. &Neun, S., 2013. Οικονομικά της Υγείας: Θεωρία, Προοπτική και Συστηματική Μελέτη, Λευκωσία: Εκδόσεις Πασχαλίδης.

Υφαντόπουλος, Γ., 2006. Τα Οικονομικά της Υγείας, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Τυπωθήτω.

Rice, T., 2006. Τα Οικονομικά της Υγείας σε επανεξέταση. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Κριτική.

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