Orientation course in health economics

1.9.2024 - 30.7.2025

1 cr

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Course content: - A) The demand and supply of health services, B) markets and regulation in health care C) the economic organization of health care - Efficiency and other economic concepts in the context of health and health services - Equity in health, use of health services, costs and funding of health care - Economic evaluation

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Dates

1.9.2024 - 30.7.2025

Fields

Social sciences

Scope

1 cr

1 component

Code

AAC049

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What you will learn

Learning outcomes: During the course the student familiarises with the concepts of economics and economic evaluation and how they are applied in health and social services. The student will - know the most important themes covered in health economics - recognise the basic concepts of economics and their application in health and social services - recognise the basic concepts of economic evaluation - The course develops the following generic skills: digitalization, critical thinking

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Itä-Suomen yliopisto