Economics and Management in Health Care
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice
Teachers
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Teaching results
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles of health care economics and management. Students apply the theoretical basis of health economics in the provision of health care in the Slovak Republic.
Knowledge:
- ability to identify basic concepts and categories related to the issue of health management
- acquire knowledge about the economics of health care
- to gain knowledge about health policy and legal aspects of health care
Competence:
- in the application of strategic diagnostic methods in healthcare
- in the application of managerial decisions in healthcare
Skill:
- variant thinking and teamwork in managerial decisions
- presentation skills in the implementation of economic and managerial decisions
Indicative content
Lecturers:
1. Economics of health and healthcare.
2. Health care delivery systems in Slovakia and in the EU.
3. Basic concepts of health systems. Basic models of health systems.
4. Health care reforms in the Slovak Republic.
5. Provision of health care in the Slovak Republic. Management and supervision of health care in the Slovak Republic.
6. Health care financing. Financial flows, sources and methods of health care financing. Ways of financing health care providers in the Slovak Republic.
7. Health insurance in the Slovak Republic
8. Revenues and redistribution of public health insurance. Health care expenditure.
9. Principles of pricing in healthcare.
10. Changes in the health care system in the Slovak Republic.
11. Financial analysis in healthcare.
12. Management in healthcare
13. Marketing in healthcare.
Seminars:
1. Introduction to the course, conditions for work on seminars, conditions for obtaining preliminary assessment and passing the exam. Practicing basic concepts in the field of health economics and healthcare.
2. Healthcare in relation to economic theory.
3. Health systems in the world.
4. Issues of health care reforms in the Slovak Republic.
5. Health care in the Slovak Republic.
6. Presentation of semester assignments (Part 1).
7. Financial flows, sources and methods of health care financing.
8. Application of pricing principles in healthcare.
9. Problems of financial analysis in healthcare.
10. Application of management and marketing tools in healthcare.
11. Presentation of semester assignments (Part 2).
12. Preliminary semester test.
13. Course summary. Corrective preliminary assessment.
Support literature
1. ONDRUŠ, P., ONDRUŠOVÁ, I. 2017. Manažment a financovanie v zdravotníctve. Matica slovenská, 2017. 328 s. ISBN 978-80-9725-359-2.
2. OZOROVSKÝ, V., VOJTEKOVÁ, I. a kol. 2016. Zdravotnícky manažment a financovanie. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Wolters Kluwer, 2016. 344 s. ISBN 978-80-8168-522-4.
3. BARTÁK, M. 2010. Ekonomika zdraví. 1. vyd. Praha : Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2010. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-7357-503-8.
4. WALSHE, K – SMITH, J. 2016. Healthcare Management. 3rd edition. Open University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0335263523.
5. MORRIS, S. et al. 2012. Economic Analysis in Health Care. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-119-95149-0.
Syllabus
Lecturers: 1. Economics of health and healthcare. 2. Health care delivery systems in Slovakia and in the EU. 3. Basic concepts of health systems. Basic models of health systems. 4. Health care reforms in the Slovak Republic. 5. Provision of health care in the Slovak Republic. Management and supervision of health care in the Slovak Republic. 6. Health care financing. Financial flows, sources and methods of health care financing. Ways of financing health care providers in the Slovak Republic. 7. Health insurance in the Slovak Republic 8. Revenues and redistribution of public health insurance. Health care expenditure. 9. Principles of pricing in healthcare. 10. Changes in the health care system in the Slovak Republic. 11. Financial analysis in healthcare. 12. Management in healthcare 13. Marketing in healthcare. Seminars: 1. Introduction to the course, conditions for work on seminars, conditions for obtaining preliminary assessment and passing the exam. Practicing basic concepts in the field of health economics and healthcare. 2. Healthcare in relation to economic theory. 3. Health systems in the world. 4. Issues of health care reforms in the Slovak Republic. 5. Health care in the Slovak Republic. 6. Presentation of semester assignments (Part 1). 7. Financial flows, sources and methods of health care financing. 8. Application of pricing principles in healthcare. 9. Problems of financial analysis in healthcare. 10. Application of management and marketing tools in healthcare. 11. Presentation of semester assignments (Part 2). 12. Preliminary semester test. 13. Course summary. Corrective preliminary assessment.
Requirements to complete the course
Preliminary assessment: semester assignment, preliminary semester test
Final assessment: written exam
• elaboration and presentation of the semester assignment – 15 % (15 points)
• activity in exercises/seminars – 10 % (10 points)
• result of the preliminary semester test – 15 % (15 points)
• final written exam – 60 % (60 points)
To successfully complete the preliminary assessment, it is necessary to obtain altogether a minimum 21 points out of 40 points.
To successfully pass the final written exam, it is necessary to obtain a minimum 31 points out of 60 points.
Student workload
• participation in lectures – 26 hours
• participation in active forms of study (seminars) – 26 hours
• elaboration of semester assignment – 13 hours
• preparation for preliminary semester test – 13 hours
• preparation for final written exam – 26 hours
Total: 104 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 16.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 22.02.2023