Module: Health Behaviour 1 (5301-410)

Persons:

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

Degree Program:

Relation to other Modules:

This module provides the basis for modules Health Behaviour 2, 3 and 4.

Prerequisites for Attendance:

none

Sprache:

English

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every winter semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Module examination:

Exam

Length of the examination:

60 minutes

Workload:

180h overall time 15 h Lecture 50 h Preperation and follow-up of the lecture 40 h preperation of the exam 16 h Seminar 40 h writing paper 20 h preperation of the presentation

Professional competences:

Students possess an in-depth understanding of the economic valuation of health and know about the basic characteristics and differences of the health-care market. Their know-how includes methods to evaluate and compare certain health states and making evidence-based decisions in the health care sector. By learning those methods and theories students are enabled to read and understand health care studies, which gives them the opportunity to practically apply the obtained information in different sub-sectors . They are in a good position to answer basic questions regarding the economics of the health care sector and assess decisions for individual choices in health care with theory based models.

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