Veranstaltungen
Lecture with integrated exercise
Health Economics: The Provision of Health Care Services and Health Insurance
- Name in diploma supplement
- Health Economics: The Provision of Health Care Services and Health Insurance
- Organisational Unit
- Lehrstuhl für VWL, insb. Gesundheitsökonomik
- Lecturers
- Prof. Dr. Martin Karlsson
- SPW
- 4
- Language
- English
- Cycle
- summer semester
- Participants at most
- no limit
- Participants
Preliminary knowledge
Good knowledge of microeconomics required.
Abstract
The students gain a sound knowledge topics related to the efficient provision of health care services and health insurance. The course covers theoretical as well as recent empirical contributions.
Contents
- Hospital services and efficiency
- Optimal design of health insurance contracts
- Providers and third-party payers
- Medical liability
- The political economy of health care
- The market for pharmaceuticals
Literature
- Barros, P., and X. Martinez-Giralt. Health Economics: An Industrial Organization Perspective. Routledge Chapman & Hall (2012).
- Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., and M. Kifmann. Health Economics. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2009).
Teaching concept
Die Veranstaltung entspricht einem Vorlesungsanteil von 2 SWS und einem Übungsanteil von 2 SWS.