Syllabus

Title
6197 Health Economics & Health Policy
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Simone Ghislandi
Contact details
simone.ghislandi@wu.ac.at
Type
PI SE
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
02/15/16 to 03/02/16
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Doctoral/PhD Programs
Research Seminar - Participating in scientific discourse I
Research Seminar - Participating in scientific discourse II
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Wednesday 03/16/16 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM TC.4.28
Friday 04/15/16 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM TC.4.28
Tuesday 04/19/16 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM TC.4.28
Wednesday 04/20/16 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM TC.4.28
Thursday 04/21/16 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM TC.4.28
Friday 04/22/16 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM TC.4.28

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Contents

The macroeconomics of health expenditure

Demand and Supply of healthcare services.

Information issues in:

  1. Insurance markets 
  2. Physician's practice
  3. Pharmaceutical industry

Social insurance and government intervention in healthcare markets

Universal health coverage and comparative health systems around the world.



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Learning outcomes

The course provides an introduction to the main topics in health economics and health policy. In particular, the objective of the course are:

  1. To familiarize the student with the main topics in health economics and health policy
  2. To provide a framework to analyze health policies from an health economics perspective
  3. To help developing a research agenda in health economics and policy
The focus of the course will be on the basic informational issues typically related to the healthcare sector and to the ways that different institutions have developed to tackle them. 

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Teaching/learning method(s)
Classes will be interactive. The exact method used will be defined according to the needs of the students. 
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Assessment
30% Active participation,  30% presentation, 40% essay 
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Readings
1 Author: Folland, Goodman and Stano
Title: The Economics of Health and Health Care

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: 5th
Recommendation: Reference literature
Type: Book
2 Author: Sloan, Hsieh
Title: Helath Economics

Publisher: MIT Press
Edition: 1st
Recommendation: Reference literature
Type: Book
3 Author: Johnson and Stoskopf
Title: Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives

Publisher: Jones and Bartlkett Publishers
Recommendation: Reference literature
Last edited: 2016-02-17



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