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Course Name
Turkish
Sağlık Ekonomisi
English
Health Economics
Course Code
ECN 413E
Credit
Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/week)
Semester
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3
3
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-
Course Language
English
Course Coordinator
Sencer Ecer
Course Objectives
1-) Providing an economic understanding of health and health care.
2-) Providing an understanding of the economic incentives of various players in the health care market
including consumers, doctors, hospitals, government, non-profit entities, private insurance companies, and
pharmaceuticals.
3-) Endow students with the knowledge of Turkey’s and selected other countries’ health care systems,
current healthcare statistics, and observed trends
Course Description
Economic perspective on health, supply and demand for medical care, health care and health insurance
providers, and manufacturers of health-related products, government in the health care sector and
provides, healthcare comparative policy analysis.
Course Outcomes
1-) Explain in economic terms the differences between the markets for health care and ordinary consumer
goods.
2-) Identify the economic incentives of various healthcare market players (e.g. doctors, nurses,
pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, nursing homes, providers of medical technology, health insurance
companies, health information web sites, and various government agencies) and apply this understanding
while developing busines and non-profit strategies and public policies.
3-) Identify the specific factors and trends that can affect the current and future supply and demand of
medical care in a given country or region (e.g. income, demographics, technology, policies, and
preferences) and develop business strategies or social and economic policies accordingly.
4-) Outline the main features of the healthcare system in Turkey and its history and compare this
systemwith those of other countries using international statistics and health economics concepts and
provide policy conclusions, business strategies or social and economic policies accordingly.
5-) Ability to design health policies
Pre-requisite(s)
ECN 201E min DD
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Textbook
Health Economics, Charles E. Phelps, Addison Wesley; 5th edition.
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