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Module (6 Credits)
Health Care Systems
- Name in diploma supplement
- Health Care Systems
- Responsible
- Admission criteria
- See exam regulations.
- Workload
- 180 hours of student workload, in detail:
- Attendance: 20 hours
- Preparation, follow up: 60 hours
- Exam preparation: 100 hours
- Duration
- The module takes 1 semester(s).
- Qualification Targets
Students taking this course
- get to know the structure and the most important parts of the health care systems of different regions such as Germany, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, and the USA
- Relevance
The identification of differences, best practices, advantages and disadvantages between health care systems in different regions allows to individuate potential deficits and areas for improvement.
- Module Exam
In order to pass the course students are obliged to write and submit a term paper (usually 10-15 pages).
Die Prüfung in diesem Modul darf nicht abgelegt werden, wenn "Gesundheitssysteme" bereits bestanden ist.
- Usage in different degree programs
- Elements
Lecture with integrated Seminar (6 Credits)
Health Care Systems
- Name in diploma supplement
- Health Care Systems
- Organisational Unit
- Lecturers
- SPW
- 4
- Language
- English
- Cycle
- summer semester
- Participants at most
- 20
- Preliminary knowledge
Good knowledge of microeconomics required.
- Abstract
This course gives an overview about different health care systems and equips students with the tools to critically evaluate and compare different health care systems.
- Contents
- Overview about health care systems in different regions
- Supply and demand of health care in the different systems
- Strength and weaknesses of the different markets are discussed
- Students learn to critically compare different health systems within the term paper
- Literature
The reading list will be provided in the lectures.
- Teaching concept
Die Veranstaltung entspricht einem Vorlesungsanteil von 2 SWS und einem Seminaranteil von 2 SWS.
- Participants