COURSE SYLLABUS

HEALTH SERVICES AND FINANCING

1	Course Title:	HEALTH SERVICES AND FINANCING
2	Course Code:	MAL3308
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi REYHAN LEBA
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Reyhan LEBA
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Maliye Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü Nilüfer/BURSA E Posta: reyhan@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0224 294 11 43
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Aim of the course is to explain the scope of the health economy, the causes of market failure, the characteristics of health services and health markets, to examine the role and importance of the state in health services, to analyze the effects of globalization on health services by addressing the delivery and financing methods of health services.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It has a contribution towards forming a basis for the development of students' professional skills related to health services and financing

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to comprehend the scope of health economy, causes of market failure, properties of health services and health markets;;
2	To be able to explain the role of the state in the supply, regulation and financing of health services;;
3	Having basic information about the classification of health services;;
4	To be able to analyze demand and supply in health services;;
5	To compare the delivery methods of health services;;
6	To be able to comprehend evaluation and efficiency methods in health services;;
7	To be able to explain the financing methods of health services;;
8	To be able to interpret the reasons of handling health services as global public goods;;
9	To be able to produce alternative solutions to problems by analyzing the effects of globalization on health services.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition and Scope of Health Economics
2	Concept of Market Failure, Elements, Characteristics of Health Services and Health Markets
3	State Reasons for Intervention in the Healthcare Market
4	Classification of Health Services
5	Demand and Supply in Health Care
6	Main Methods in the Provision of Health Services: Government Provision of the Service
7	Main Methods in the Provision of Health Services: Service Delivery by the Private Sector
8	Main Methods in the Provision of Health Services: Public and Private Sector Partnership (PPP) Model
9	Evaluation and Efficiency Methods in Healthcare Services: Cost-Benefit Analysis
10	Evaluation and Efficiency Methods in Health Care: Cost-Benefit Analysis
11	Methods Used in Financing Health Services: Direct and Indirect Financing Methods
12	Other Financing Methods Used in Healthcare Financing
13	Evaluation of Health Services in Global Public Goods Context
14	Effects of Globalization on Health Services

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Ayşegül Mutlu, A.Kadir Işık, Sağlık Ekonomisine Giriş, 3. Baskı, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa, 2012. 2. Kenan Bulutoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisine Giriş, Devletin Ekonomik Bir Kuramı, 4. Baskı, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1988. 3. Güneri Akalın, Kamu Ekonomisi, 2. Baskı, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yayınları, No: 554, Ankara, 1986. 4. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Kamu Kesimi Ekonomisi, 2. Baskı, Çeviren: Ömer F. Batırel, Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Yayınları, No: 549-396, İstanbul, 1994. 5. Burcu Gediz Oral, “Sağlık Hizmetlerinin Küresel Kamusal Mal Olarak Değerlendirilmesi: Uluslararası Örgütler”, Finans Politik ve Ekonomik Yorumlar, Cilt: 51, Sayı: 588, Ocak 2014, ss.79-95. 6. Handan Ertaş, Fatma Çiftçi Kıraç, “Küreselleşmenin Ülkelerin Sağlık Sistemleri ve Politikaları Üzerine Etkileri”, Kastamonu Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 17, Sayı: 3, 2017, ss.28-34. 7. Davuthan Günaydın, “Sağlık Hizmetlerinde Küresel Reform Yaklaşımları”, Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları, Sayı: 60, 2011/1, ss.323-365.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation are made with multiple choice test questions, short-answer written questions.
Information	This course is evaluated with a relative evaluation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High