AØKK08322U Seminar: Financing of the health care sector (F)

Volume 2016/2017
Education

M.Sc. of Economics
The seminar is a part of the Financial line signified with (F)
The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of Economics

Content

Enabling the student to

  • understand the theory behind various health economic disciplines,
  • use relevant scientific articles,
  • apply an international perspective to health economic challenges,
  • understand both the theory and practice behind pricing of medicine.


Main focus is

  • the financing and structure of the medical, primary and secondary health care sector
  • demand- and supply-side and problems related to individual, hospital, municipal, regional, state and societal perspective decision making.

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Learning Outcome

Ex. on topics:

Primary sector e.g.:

Should user fees be implemented for services that are currently free of charge in General Practice?

Secondary sector e.g.:

Analysis of the financing and incitement structure in the Danish health care sector.

Alternative financing methods of the health care systems, e.g. use of Medical Savings Accounts.

Medical sector e.g.:

Reimbursement and pricing of pharmaceuticals in Denmark. Decision-makers and influencers.

Health Technology Assessment and its use in reimbursement decisions.

Trade channels for market entry.

Reimbursement systems.

Pricing structure, trends and development.

The cost structure of research-based pharmaceuticals and reasons for price regulation.

Types of price regulation and their consequences.

More general topics e.g.

’Health insurances’ (based on a Danish perspective with focus on e.g. moral hazard);

’Access to health and health care services’;

’Lifestyle models’ (Grossman);

’Financing of health care systems in an international perspective’.

  • Morris S., Devlin N., Parkin D. and Spencer A. ((2012). Economic Analysis in Health Care. Wiley, 2. ed. Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 13. ISBN: 9781119951490
  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F. and Kifmann, M. (2009). Health Economics. Springer, 2. ed. Chapters 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13. ISBN: 978-3-540-27804-7
  • Handouts, slideshows and articles.

BSc. econ or equivalent.
Planning/start-up meeting, research and writing process of the seminar paper, sessions with presentation of own paper and critical evaluation/feedback to another student´s paper, actively participating in discussions at class.

Before the session a "so-finalized-as-possible"-draft of the paper must be uploaded in Absalon. After the presentations, the student submit an edited version of the paper in the Digital Exam portal as the final exam paper. The aim is that students use the presentation sessions as an opportunity to receive and use the constructive feedback to improve the paper.
Schedule:

Programme: Wednesdays 8:15-10:00, 2017
February 8: Intro, presentation of participants and of idea catalogue to thesis subjects.
February 15: Participants presentation of project titles and ideas. Discussions and feedback. Working process initiated.
February 22: NO CLASS. Working process.
March 1: The first hour: Presenting titles, agreeing on which day who gives their presentation and who is moderator for who. The second hour. Presentation of curriculum by associate professor Niels Steenstrup Zeeberg, Questions and supervision of students.
March 8: Questions and supervision of students.
March 15: NO CLASS. Writing process.
March 22: NO CLASS. Writing process.
March 29: Presentation and critical evaluation of student 1, 2, and 3.
April 5: Presentation and critical evaluation of student 4, 5 and 6.
April 12: NO CLASS
April 19: Presentation and critical evaluation of student 7, 8 and 9.
April 26: Presentation and critical evaluation of student 10, 11 and 12.
May 3: Presentation and critical evaluation of student 13, 14 and 15.
May 10: Presentation and critical evaluation of student 16, 17 and 18 and if one has been cancelled and therefore delayed.
May 17:Optional, if necessary.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Preparation
  • 186
  • Seminar
  • 20
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written examination
- a seminar paper in English.
Exam registration requirements

Attendance in all activities at the seminar as stated in the formal requrements in the Curriculum and at the KUnet for seminars (UK) and Kunet for seminars (DK).

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
- up to 20 % censorship
Exam period

Deadline handing in Commitment paper: March 1 2017 at 10.00 AM

Presentations from 29.th of March to 17 th of May 2017

Deadline handing in final seminar paper: May 29, 2017 at 10.00 AM

For enrolled students more information about examination, exam/re-sit, rules etc. is available at the student intranet for Examination (English) and student intranet for Examination (KA-Danish).

Re-exam

A written paper as stated in the  Curriculum and at the KUnet for seminars (UK) and Kunet for seminars (DK). 

Criteria for exam assesment

The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course and the objectives stated in the Curriculum.