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28881-01 - Lecture with practical courses: Health financing and economic evaluation (1 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Every spring sem. |
| Lecturers |
Patrick Hanlon (patrick.hanlon@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Siddharth Srivastava (siddharth.srivastava@unibas.ch) |
| Content | The lecture shall introduce the following topics: 1. Economic evaluation in priority settings 2. Health financing mechanisms and universal coverage Participants will analyse and discuss problems of financial access to health services and the effects of different financing mechanisms such as user fees, pre-payment, health insurance and tax funding on access and equity. Principles and methodology for economic evaluation will be presented and applied in group exercises. Content: health care financing mechanisms user fees health insurance tax funding |
| Learning objectives | To understand the effects of different financing mechanisms for health care on accessibility of health services and equity; to be able to critically assess the advantages and disadvantages of health care financing mechanisms such as user fees, pre-payment, health insurance and tax funding; to understand the objectives of and basic methodological approaches to economic evaluation. |
| Comments | Methods: Lectures, group exercise |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | See individual dates | ||
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 20.02.2025 | 09.15-17.00 | Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 4 |
| Friday 21.02.2025 | 09.00-17.00 | Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 4 |
| Modules |
Courses: Master Infection Biology (Master's Studies: Infection Biology (Start of studies before 01.08.2024)) Doctorate Science Epidemiology: Recommendations (PhD subject: Epidemiology) Module: Fields: Environment and Development (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Public Health and Social Life (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Modul Global & Public Health (Master's Studies: Epidemiology) Specialization Module Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Assignments, presentation |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut |