Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
General description
An introduction to the application of economics to health care.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will - be familiar with the concepts and approach of health economics - know the basics of the main evaluation methods of health economics - be able to find and evaluate health economic literature and scientific articles - be able to evaluate the use of health-economic approaches to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of some of the different health systems around the world
Contents
- Economics of health and health care - The key issues of health economics - Specificities of health and health care - Activity and market equilibrium of health care - Essential evaluation methods of health economics
Teaching methods
Classroom work max 20 h
Teaching language
Finnish,
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
Finnish
In
English
Lectures (10 hours), exercises in Moodle, group work, seminar (10 hours) and individual essay.
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
Exercises are evaluated pass/fail. The seminar work and the individual essay are graded 1-5 and this will be the final grade of the course.
Study materials
Lorna Guinness (ed.), Virginia Wiseman (ed.) (2011): Introduction to Health Economics (Understanding Public Health).
Articles, announced during the course and in Moodle (e-learning environment).
Further information
Organized in English every other year. Minimum number of students for the course to be organized is 8.
The quota for Open University students each Academic Year is 3.