Module: Health Economics (5301-240)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2017)
  4. Semester, elective
• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2017)
  4. Semester, elective

Relation to other Modules:

This module forms the basis of the module Health E-Health

Prerequisites for Attendance:

none

Sprache:

German

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every summer semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Final examination:

written exam

Length of the examination:

60 minutes

Workload:

180 hours: 22 hours class attendance 65 hours preparation and follow-up (lecture) 14 hours exercise 35 hours preparation and follow-up (exercise) 44 hours preparation for the exam

Professional competences:

The students have in-depth knowledge of the basics of health economics. They know and understand the characteristics of the market for health services, the determinants for the behaviour of individuals in their role as consumers and producers of health, the institutions of medical care as well as the methods for evaluating medical services. They are able to analyse health economic problems and to critically reflect on and reproduce them in a structured way.

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