Course Code and name

EKO 673 HEALTH ECONOMICS

Course Type

Elective

Course Credit

 

3 0 3

ECTS Credit

 

4

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Tokat

Pre-requisite(s)

General Economics and Health Economics

Course Length

 

1 semester/ 3 hours each week

Course Content

·        Health economics and system of health economics

·        Health expenditures and finance

·        Methods of demand estimation in health

·        Economic Growth-Economic Development and Health sector

·        Economic planning and planning of health sector

·        Project evaluation methods in health sector

·        Medicine economics

Course Objective and Fulfillments to be obtained by Students

 

Analyses every society’s health economics system.

Exhibits the sources in health

Exhibits the interaction between health sector and growth and development

Explains drug production, pricing and finance

References

 

§         TOKAT, M. (Ed)(1994) Sağlık Ekonomisi, A.Ü.A.S.F., 2. Baskı, Eskişehir.

§         TOKAT, M. (Ed)(1991) Hatanelerde Maliyet Etkinlik ve Performans Analizi, MPM Yayınları.

§         BERKİ, S.E. (Ed)(1972) Hospital Economics, Massachusettes: Lexington Books.

BARRAL, E.P. (Ed)(1978) Economic de la Santé (Paris, Dunod)

Teaching Method

Lecturing, research, presentation

Assessment Method

Attending (10%), presentation (40%), general exam (50%)

Instruction Language

Turkish