| Credit: | 6 |
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| Status: | CSF - elective EEI and EP - elective Ekonomie veřejného sektoru a zdravotnictví - mandatory English ET - elective F,FM and B - elective Masters - all MEF - elective Semester - summer |
| Course supervisors: | doc. Paola Bertoli M.A., MSc., Ph.D. PhDr. Jana Votápková Ph.D. |
| Course homepage: | JEM101 |
| Literature: | List of relevant literature and recommended further readings will be provided during each lecture. Main textbooks used in the class are: McPake, B., Kumaranayake, L., Normand, C. (2005); Health Economics: An International Perspective; Routledge Feldstein, P. J. (2005); Health Care Economics, 6th edition; Thomson Delmar Learning William, J. (1999); Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countries; World Bank Institute |
| Description: | The course features a series of lectures on health economics theory and related issues. Lectures are complemented by seminars. The course provides students with the framework to understand how health systems are organized from the point of view of funding, financing, pooling, purchasing, provision of health care and regulation of health systems. Topics regarding performance, effectiveness, and quality of health systems are also discussed. |
