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Health Care System Impact on Labour Market
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:39
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | SBUEK_195 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Economics; Other economic and management sub-sectors | Target Audience: | Public Health; Political Science; Business Management | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Romāns Putāns | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in Public Health or Macroeconomics. | ||||||||
Objective: | To provide students with knowledge of the role, indicators, key players in the health care system and the impact of system quality on the labour market at national and international levels. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Employment in the health and social care sector | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
2 | Effectiveness of health care systems. Comparative context | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||||
3 | Economic analysis of health care systems | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
4 | National Health Care and Foreign Investments | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
5 | Medical tourism and international labor mobility | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
6 | Topicalities in the modernization of health care systems | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Employment in the health and social care sector | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
2 | Effectiveness of health care systems. Comparative context | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
3 | Economic analysis of health care systems | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
4 | National Health Care and Foreign Investments | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
5 | Medical tourism and international labor mobility | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
6 | Topicalities in the modernization of health care systems | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Homework assignments, case studies, group presentations and preparation of a report, summary preparation. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | 1. Attendance of seminars, tests, group works – compulsory 2. Preparation and presentation of, giving a report on a practical situation (case study) – 30% 3. Preparation of a summary – 30% 4. Exam – 40% | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | Knowledge of health and social care systems in the world, their indicators and socio-economic impact. | ||||||||
Skills: | The student is able to identify the main risks and critically analyse the possible solutions in the context of the socio-economic conditions and the health care system | ||||||||
Competencies: | The student is able to take part in discussions on the interrelation of socio-economic conditions and health care system and is aware of their complex nature | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | European Union information agency for occupational safety and health. Available from: https://healthy-workplaces.eu/ | ||||||||
2 | The value of occupational safety and health and the societal costs of work-related injuries and diseases. Available from: https://osha.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/doc… | ||||||||
3 | Health and Labor Markets. (Volume 47) | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | Tiks precizēta. Kursa docēšana sāksies 2023.gada pavasarī. | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | Tiks precizēta. Kursa docēšana sāksies 2023.gada pavasarī. |