UGİ361

School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ International Entrepreneurship

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Elective

Turkish

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Health economics applies economic principles to health and health care. It is about understanding how we can best use limited resources and health policies to improve health outcomes and make health systems more efficient and equitable.

1. Sağlık Ekonomisine Giriş:
1.4 Mehtap Tatar, Teorik Çerçevesiyle Sağlık Ekonomisi ve Türkiye’ye İlişkin Genel bir Değerlendirme
Uygulama: Sağlık Sektörü temel göstergeleri: İlk derste anlatılan sektörüne ilişkin temel göstergeler Türkiye için bulunacak.
2. Piyasa Mekanizması ve Sağlık Sektörü
2.3 Dr Selin Ertürk, ‘Sağlık Sistemleri ve Sağlık Politikası’, Birinci bölüm: Özellikli Bir Hizmet Olarak Sağlık Hizmeti (sayfa 1-35)
3. Sağlık Sistemleri, Sağlık finansmanı ve Hizmet Sunumu
3.1 Dr Selin Ertürk, Sağlık Sistemleri ve Sağlık Politikası, 2. Bölüm Sağlık Sistemleri ve Bazı Ülkelerde Uygulanmakta Olan Sağlık Sistem Modelleri, sayfa 37-51.
3.2 Mehtap Tatar, Sağlık Hizmetlerinin Finansman Modelleri: Sosyal Sağlık Sigortasının Türkiye’de Gelişimi
Uygulama: Karşılaştırmalı Sağlık Sistemleri
4. Sağlık Hizmetleri Sunucularına Ödeme Yöntemleri
4.1 Normand C., Weber A (2009) Social Health Insurance, World Health Organisation, International Labour Office. Chapter 14. Provider Payment Mechanisms (pg. 81-99)
5. Sağlık Hizmetleri Talebi
5.1 Z.Güldem ÖKEM, Sağlığa ve Sağlık Hizmetlerine Olan Talebi Etkileyen Faktörler
Uygulama: Piyasa Başarısızlığı, Arzın Yarattığı Talep
6. Sağlık Hizmetlerinde Ekonomik Değerlendirme ve Öncelik Belirleme
6.1 Özgen H, Tatar M. Sağlık Sektöründe Bir Verimlilik Değerlendirme Tekniği Olarak Maliyet-Etkililik Analizi ve Türkiye’de Durum, Hacettepe Sağlık İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt:10, Sayı:2 (2007).
Uygulama: Politika kararları-Alternatif sağlık hizmeti seçimi
7. Geri Ödeme Kriterleri Kanıta Dayalı Yöntem
7.1 Z.Güldem Ökem, Ekonomik Değerlendirme Yöntemleri: Temel Adımlar ve uygulama: İlaç Geri Ödeme Süreci
8. Sağlık Hizmetlerinde Hakkaniyetin Health Care and Economic Growth: An analysis of health sector in Turkey, VDM Verlag
8.2 Ökem, Z.G., “Sağlık Hizmetlerinde Hakkaniyet Analizi”, Toplum ve Hekim, 11 (72): 67-72, Mart-Nisan 1996.
Uygulama: Türkiye’de Sağlık Hizmetlerinin Sunumu ve Finansmanında Hakkaniyetin Ölçümü
9. Sağlık Sektöründe İnovasyon
9.1 Ökem, Z.G. Türkiye’nin Avrupa Birliği’ne Üyelik sürecinde Sağlıkta İnovasyon (Innovation in the Health Sector in Turkey on Its Way to EU Membership), CEPS-TUSIAD, Yayın No. TUSIAD-T/2011/02/511, Şubat 2011. ISBN 978-9944-405-67-6.
10. Sağlık Politikası ve Reformlar: Türkiye Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programı
10.1 Ökem Z.G. and Çakar M. “What have health care reforms achieved in Turkey? An Appraisal of the “Health Transformation Programme”. Health Policy. 2015. 119: 1153–1163.
Veri tabanları:
1. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Health Data. http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/health-data.htm
2. TUIK- www.tuik.gov.tr)
4. Sağlık Bakanlığı Sağlık İstatistikler Yıllığı https://www.saglik.gov.tr/TR,11588/istatistik-yilliklari.html

With this course, it is aimed that students will acquire the following knowledge and skills:
* How to examine a sector at national and international level in the health sector and related Pharmaceuticals, Medical Equipment-Medical Devices-Medical Technology, electronic information technology-based health services-health, mobile health sectors, who are the main stakeholders-decision makers and policy makers, how to examine the economic and innovation structure of the sector, what are the basic indicators specific to the sector and how innovation occurs in the health sector.
* To teach the application of basic economic theories to the health sector, taking into account the unique characteristics of the health sector, policy decisions, economic techniques that can be used in health planning, financing and management, the contribution of the health sector (hospital, pharmaceuticals, medical devices-medical technology, information technologies, etc.) to the country's economy, economic growth and innovation process, interaction with social sectors and other industries.
* To examine free market conditions, demand, supply, efficiency and equity considerations within the framework of the role of the state and sectoral stakeholders in health services.
* To enable students to gain experience in learning and evaluating different sectors on an international scale, especially senior students to apply economic principles at the sectoral level,
* To create an infrastructure for market access and market analysis.
* Through group work and assignments

1. Understand and analyse entrepreneurship, innovation, supply-demand, market access issues in health and related sectors.
2. Develop analytical and critical skills orally and in writing through practice (in-class group work and presentation), presentations and assignments.
3. Has knowledge and awareness in the fields of sustainability and community service and understands the relationship of the health sector with these issues.

Week 1: Health economics, general framework and trends Week
Week 2: Market Mechanism, Health Sector and the role of the state
Week 3: Health Systems, Health financing and Service Deliver
Week 4: Payment Methods for Health Care Providers
Week 5: Supply and demand in the health sector Week 6-7: Economic evaluation techniques: Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact Analyses
Week 7: Equity analysis in health services and the case of Turkey
Week 8: Equity analysis in health services and the case of Turkey
Week 9: Innovation: Sectoral analysis: health industries: pharmaceuticals, medical devices-technology, hospitals.
Week 10: Innovation: Sectoral analysis: health industries: pharmaceuticals, medical devices-technology, hospitals.
Week 11: Health systems in different countries, the Turkish Health Sector and reforms
Week 12: Long-term care systems

Midterm 40%
Final (Take-home and presentation) 60%