Veranstaltungen
Lecture with integrated exercise
Health Economics: The Demand for Health and Health Care Payments
- Name in diploma supplement
- Health Economics: The Demand for Health and Health Care Payments
- Organisational Unit
- Lehrstuhl für VWL, insb. Gesundheitsökonomik
- Lecturers
- Prof. Dr. Martin Karlsson
- SPW
- 4
- Language
- English
- Cycle
- winter semester
- Participants at most
- no limit
- Participants
Preliminary knowledge
Good knowledge of microeconomics required.
Abstract
This course covers several basic health economic concepts, focusing especially on health care demand and payment schemes in health care systems. Students should be ready for a rigorous application of microeconomic models.
Contents
- Economic Evaluation of Life and Health
- Individual Health Production
- Empirical Evidence on Individual Health Production
- Peculiarities of Health and Health Care Goods and their allocative consequences
- Payment Systems: Regulating Incentives for Health Care Providers
- Risk-Selection and Competition between Health Insurers
Literature
- Zweifel, P. / Breyer, F. /Kifman, M. (2009): Health Economics, 2nd edition, Springer, Berlin.
Teaching concept
Die Veranstaltung entspricht einem Vorlesungsanteil von 2 SWS und einem Übungsanteil von 2 SWS.