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Health Economics
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde |
| Jaar | 2020/21 |
| Vakcode | EBB120A05 |
| Vaknaam | Health Economics |
| Niveau(s) | bachelor, uitwisseling, facultaire minor |
| Voertaal | Engels |
| Periode | semester I a |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Rooster | rooster |
| Uitgebreide vaknaam | Health Economics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leerdoelen | After completion of this course in health economics you are able to: 1. Explain why health economics exists as a distinct branch of economics. 2. Explain and discuss the differences between health economics and economics of healthcare. 3. Discuss the merits and demerits of government intervention in markets relating to healthcare. 4. Explain how health can be understood as “produced” by an individual, making choices which respond to incentives. 5. Outline socioeconomic determinants of, and differences in, health. 6. Outline, and explain the justification for, economic evaluation of healthcare interventions. |
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| Omschrijving | Health economics is a subfield of economics. It can be described as applying economic principles to analyse health and healthcare. This course offers an introduction to health economics. It aims to give you an introduction to key concepts in health economics and to describe how health economics may inform policy debates worldwide. In this course, we explore and discuss how economic principles can be applied to health and healthcare. We focus on the characteristics of health and healthcare in high income countries. We describe the supply side (e.g. medical doctors) and demand side (e.g. people already with medical conditions, as well as other individuals facing uncertain future health outcomes) of healthcare markets. We explore a canonical model of individual decision-making with regard to health, as well as the socioeconomic context in which such decisions are made. We consider insurance markets for healthcare and ways in which they may fail. We discuss the pros and cons of government intervention in attempts to correct for market failure. Finally, we examine how economic decisions are made regarding the introduction of new healthcare interventions. |
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| Uren per week | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Onderwijsvorm | -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toetsvorm |
-schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen)
(Assignment counts for 25% of the final grade) |
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| Vaksoort | bachelor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coördinator | prof. dr. J.O. Mierau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Docent(en) | prof. dr. J.O. Mierau ,prof. dr. G.J. van den Berg ,PhD. L. Viluma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opmerkingen | Info: Prof Jochen Mierau, j.o.mierau@rug.nl Secretary Kim Beute, phone +31(0)50 3637018, e-mail k.beute@rug.nl, room 5411.0734 |
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