EC979-18 Health Economics
Introductory description
EC979-18 Health Economics
Module aims
The aims of this module are to provide students with an overview about the use of economic analysis in major aspects of health insurance and health care. The module examines the supply, demand, and constraints associated with health care provision. The module also considers different approaches to economic evaluation of health care and the measurement and valuation of health.
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
The module will typically cover the following topics:
- Introduction to health economics. 2. The demand for health insurance. 3. Asymmetric information and market failures in the health insurance market. 4. The demand and supply of health services. 5. The design of optimal incentive schemes in health care. 6. Inefficiency and regulation in the health care market. 7. Economic evaluation of health care: measuring the benefits of health care. 8. Economic evaluation of health care: methods and applications. 9. Summary.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Subject knowledge and understanding: Demonstrate the ability to apply core economic concepts to health and health care.
- Subject knowledge and understanding: Evaluate different approaches to the production, funding, and distribution of health care using health economics and econometrics techniques
- Subject knowledge and understanding: Show a clear understanding about the importance of health and health care for the successful functioning of the economy.
Subject specific skills
Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in:
Analytical thinking and communication
Analytical reasoning
Critical thinking
Strategic thinking
Problem-solving
Abstraction
Policy evaluation
Analysis of incentives
Analysis of Institutions
Analysis of optimisation
Transferable skills
Students will have the opportunity to develop:
Numeracy and quantitative skills
IT skills
Written communication skills
Oral communication skills
Team work skills
Mathematical, statistical and data-based research skills
Study time
| Type | Required |
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| Lectures | 9 sessions of 2 hours (10%) |
| Other activity | 3 hours (2%) |
| Private study | 159 hours (88%) |
| Total | 180 hours |
Private study description
Private study will be required in order to prepare for seminars/classes, to review lecture notes, to prepare for forthcoming assessments, tests, and exams, and to undertake wider reading around the subject.
Other activity description
Additional classes
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Students can register for this module without taking any assessment.
Assessment group D2
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| Problem Set | 15% | Yes (extension) | |
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| Online Examination | 70% | No | |
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A paper which examines the course content and ensures learning outcomes are achieved.
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Feedback on assessment
The Department of Economics is committed to providing high quality and timely feedback to students on their assessed work, to enable them to review and continuously improve their work. We are dedicated to ensuring feedback is returned to students within 20 University working days of their assessment deadline. Feedback is normally available to download on Tabula. Module leaders often provide generic feedback for the cohort in addition to the individual-specific feedback on assessment performance.
Courses
This module is Optional for:
- Year 1 of TECA-L1P6 Postgraduate Taught Economics