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| Semester | spring semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Every 3rd semester |
| 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 care services. |
| Bibliography | Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health Economics, 2nd ed. Breyer, F., Zweifel, P., & Kifmann, M. (2012). Gesundheitsökonomik, 6. Auflage |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| 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 | weekly |
| Date | 21.02.2023 – 30.05.2023 |
| Time |
Tuesday, 16.15-18.00 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S14 HG.32 |
| 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: 30.5.23; 16:15-17:45. You can still withdraw from the examination by submitting a completed, signed form to our office from 21.03.23 until 31.03.23 / 12:00 o’clock. The deregistration form and the mail address can be found on the homepage of the Dean of Studies Office: https://wwz.unibas.ch/en/studies/examinations/de-/registration-of-examinations/ Prior to 20.03.23, please deregister only in the Online Services. The examination rooms will be published by 26.5.23. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg./dereg.: course registr./cancel registr. via MOnA |
| 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 |