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Introduction to Health Economics and Pharmacoeconomics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:25.07.2022 09:37:13
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZFTK_052 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy; Social Pharmacy | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work; Rehabilitation; Nursing Science; Dentistry; Medicine; Pharmacy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Diāna Arāja | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Applied Pharmacy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, zftk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061547 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | According to specialty (no special prior knowledge is required). | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in conceptual issues and latest scientific knowledge of health economics and pharmacoeconomics. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Conceptual framework and principles of Health economics. Efficiency measuring and implementation aspects of health policy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Healthcare systems design and organisation. Health insurance and healthcare financing. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Healthcare services market, its representatives. Demand and supply of healthcare services. Behavioral economics principles applied in healthcare. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Economic evaluation of health technologies: basic concepts, principles and evaluation methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | The development process of new medicines, clinical trials. Medicines management in health systems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Pharmaceutical financing and reimbursement systems. Pharmaceutical price regulation and encouraging of competition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Pharmacoeconomic evaluation methods, application in health technologies assessment process. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Application of economic evaluation in decision-making on healthcare programmes. Models and uncertainty in economic evaluation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Conceptual framework and principles of Health economics. Efficiency measuring and implementation aspects of health policy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Healthcare systems design and organisation. Health insurance and healthcare financing. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Healthcare services market, its representatives. Demand and supply of healthcare services. Behavioral economics principles applied in healthcare. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Economic evaluation of health technologies: basic concepts, principles and evaluation methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | The development process of new medicines, clinical trials. Medicines management in health systems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Pharmaceutical financing and reimbursement systems. Pharmaceutical price regulation and encouraging of competition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Pharmacoeconomic evaluation methods, application in health technologies assessment process. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Application of economic evaluation in decision-making on healthcare programmes. Models and uncertainty in economic evaluation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with relevant literature, practical work with information search and compilation, making calculations and interpreting the results, making a presentation on a particular topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independent and practical assignments, seminars, test, presentations, exam (written). The total grade of the course will consist of marks for individual assignment (10%), test (10%), presentation (20%) and exam – (60%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On study course completion students will be able to identify the main elements of healthcare system and describe the financing methods; be able to specify and describe the main methods of economic evaluation in health care, as well as to explain the principles of system for reimbursement of expenditures for the acquisition of medicines. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On study course acquisition students will be able to identify the necessary data and use it to calculate specific economic indicators applied for healthcare. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On study course acquisition students will be able to analyse and interpret the obtained economic indicators, evaluate the tendencies of healthcare system development and suggest the solutions to possible problems, justifying their opinions. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lorna Wiseman, Virginia Guinness. Introduction To Health Economics. Maidenhead McGraw-Hill Education, 2011 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Frank A. Sloan. Health Economics. MIT Press, 2012 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Thomas E. Getzen. Health Economics and Financing. John Wiley & Sons, 2013 | ||||||||
| 4 | Sturchio JL, Kickbusch I, Galambos L, Christian F, Adhanom GT. The Road to Universal Health Coverage: Innovation, Equity, and the New Health Economy. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Zinātniskās publikācijas veselības ekonomikas un farmakoekonomikas jautājumos (Scientific publications on health economics and pharmacoeconomics issues) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Eurostat - European Union Statistics | ||||||||
| 2 | OECD Heath Statistics | ||||||||
| 3 | WHO - World Health Statistics | ||||||||
