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| Semester | fall semester 2021 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Stefan Felder (stefan.felder@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Governments provide their citizen access to health care via compulsory health insurance or national health services. The lecture discusses the rationale for rationing health care services, presents different methods for the evaluation of health care services and deals with specific institutions and regualtions established to steer access to health care. |
| Learning objectives | To understand the need to regulate access to health care To comprehend the concepts of value of life and health. To learn different approaches for the evaluation of health care services. To apply cost benefit analyis to health and health services. |
| Bibliography | Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health Economics, 2nd ed. Breyer, F., Zweifel, P., & Kifmann, M. (2012). Gesundheitsökonomik, 6. Auflage |
| Weblink | https://wwz.unibas.ch/de/healtheconomics |
| Course application | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and students of other Swiss Universities have to enrol at the students administration office (studseksupport1@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 08.15-10.00 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Auditorium |
| Comments | The course is planned as an in-class course, if necessary it will be offered in hybrid form, i.e. with a simultaneous livestream or as an online presence course. |
| Modules |
Module: Field Electives in Economics and Public Policy (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy) Module: Policy Field: Health and Labor (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy) Specialization Module: Markets and Public Policy (Master's Studies: Business and Economics (Start of studies before 01.08.2021)) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | written exam: 15.12.21; 08:15-9:45. WWZ S15: A-Z. In case COVID-19 protective measures prevent examination on site, the faculty reserves the right to conduct the examination electronically during the same time slot. You can still withdraw from the examination by submitting a completed, signed form to our office from 19.10.21 until 29.10.21 / 12:00 o’clock. Please send your form by mail to belegungstorno-wwz@unibas.ch. You will find the examination withdrawal form on the Homepage of the Student Dean’s Office. Prior to 18.10.21, please only use MONA for withdrawing. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |