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Introduction to Health Economics
Fall Term, 2007-2008 Academic Year
Week 1
Friday
07-Sept.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Lecture 1 (2 hours)
Economics, economy, health, and health care (part 1) |
11:40-13:00
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Seminar 1 (2 hrs) HCM – 4.1
Introduction. Case 1 [hand-outs]
Case 2. Demand for health care, parts 1 and 2 [hand-outs]
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13:30-14:50
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Week 2
Friday
14-Sept.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Lecture 2 (2 hrs)
Economics, economy, health, and health care (part 2) |
11:40-13:00
| Seminar 2 (2 hrs) HCM – 4.1
Topic 1. Principles of economics in the context of health and health care Topic 2. Demand for health and health care
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13:30-14:50
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Week 3
Friday
21-Sept.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Lecture 3 (2 hrs)
Health financing. Health Insurance. Markets in health care. Monopolies/monopsonies. |
11:40-13:00
| Seminar 3 (3 hrs) HCM – 4.1
Topic 3. Supply in Health Care and Technical Efficiency (part 1)
Case 3. Equity in health care [hand-outs]
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13:30-14:50
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Friday
28-Sept.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Lecture 4 (2 hrs) – Guest Lecturer: Maryna Bilynska
Health Economics and Corruption. |
11:40-13:00
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Seminar 4. (2 hrs) HCM – 4.1
Topic 3. Supply in Health Care and Technical Efficiency (part 2) Topic 4. Equity and Efficiency |
13:30-14:50
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Week 5
Friday
5-Oct.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Lecture 5 (2 hrs) – Guest Lecturer: Anastasia Nitsoy and/or Viktor Galayda
Ukrainian National Health Accounts |
11:40-13:00
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Seminar 5 (2 hrs) HCM – 2.2
Topic 5. Health Care Financing. Topic 6. Payments for Health Care Services.
Case 4. Some basics about health insurance [hand-outs] |
13:30-14:50
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Week 6
Friday
12-Oct.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Lecture 6 (2 hrs)
The labor market. Economic evaluation in health care. |
11:40-13:00
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Seminar 6 (2 hours) HCM – 2.2
Topic 7. Basics of Health Insurance. Topic 8. Types of Health Insurance Programs. |
13:30-14:50
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Week 7
Friday
19-Oct.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Seminar 7 (2 hours) HCM – 4.1
Topic 7. Basics of Health Insurance. (cont-d) Topic 8. Types of Health Insurance Programs. (cont-d)
Case 5. Competition in health care [hand-outs] |
11:40-13:00
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Self-study week 8
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Week 8
Friday
2-Nov.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Seminar 8. (2 hours) HCM – 4.1
Part 1. Topic 9. Competition in Health Care Part 2. Topics 10(a-d). Health economics in application
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11:40-13:00
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Week 9
Friday
9-Nov.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Seminar 9. (2 hours) HCM – 4.1
Topic 11. Economic evaluation in health care
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11:40-13:00
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Week 10
Friday
16-Nov.’07
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10:00-11:20
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Seminar 10. (2 hours) HCM – 4.1
Summary of the course “Health Economics – I”
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11:40-13:00
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