HEALTH POLITICS AND INSURANC

HCM509

Course Code: HCM509
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Fikriye Yılmaz

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain basic concepts and principles of health politics and insurance

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

After reviewing basic concepts of health politics and insurance, actual applications and cases about health politics and insurance are covered. The objective of this course is to familiarize students with basic concepts and principles of health politics and insurance.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Health politics
2^nd Week	Political system
3^rd Week	Factors affected health politics
4^th Week	Process of making health politics
5^th Week	Application of making health politics
6^th Week	Presentation
7^th Week	Term of insurance
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Health insurance
10^th Week	Health services and economic development
11^th Week	Finance of health services
12^th Week	Social and health insurance
13^th Week	Health reforms in Turkey
14^th Week	Health reforms in Turkey
15^th Week	Presentation

Recommended or Required Reading

ÖZTEK, Zafer. 2001. Sağlık Hizmetleri Planlamasının Temel İlke ve Teknikleri. Ankara.
Sağlık Bakanlığı, 2003. Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programı, Sağlık Bakanlığı, Ankara.
Avrupa Sağlık Reformu Mevcut Stratejilerin Analizi, 1998. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Avrupa Bölge Ofisi, TC Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık Projesi Genel Koordinatörlüğü Yayını,
Aralık ŞENER, O. 2005. Türkiye'de 1980 Sonrası Sağlık Politikaları. Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Türkiye ve Ortadoğu Amme İdaresi Enstitüsü Kamu Yönetimi Yüksek Lisans Programı, Ankara.
AKDUR, R. 2000. Türkiye'de Sağlık Hizmetleri ve Avrupa Topluluğu Ülkeleri ile Kıyaslanması, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	30
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	10	140
Preparation for Final exam	1	20	20
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	15	15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	2	10	20
Article	8	6	48
Total Work Load			288
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.6
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8	X