Description:

Different elements of healthcare systems are studied so as the different possibilities of healthcare system design, its conditions and consequences. The healthcare systems are analyzed in international dimension, the Czech healthcare system is presented in details.

Contents:

1. Introductory lecture: Subject outline. Healthcare Systems Typology. History. Comparison, weakness, strengths, trends.

2. Healthcare Systems in International Comparison.
3. Czech Healthcare System Evolution.
4. Czech Healthcare System in Numbers: Healthcare System Financing. Healthcare Resources. Financial Flows.
5. Public health Insurance System as a base of Czech healthcare system. Health Insurance Companies and their role in the Czech system.
6. Healthcare Facilities and their Role in the Czech Healthcare system.
7. Reimbursement Methods in the Czech Republic.
8. Healthcare system from the Insurance Company point of view.
9. Healthcare system from the Health Facility point of view.
10.Health Policy.

Seminar contents:

Seminars:

1/ Reading week (selected papers)

2/ Papers Discussion (students presentation).

3/ Healthcare Systems in International Comparison.

4/ Healthcare Systems in International Comparison (students presentation)

5/ Semestral Project.

6/ Semestral Project.

7/ Semestral Project.

8/ Semestral Project.

9/ Semestral Project.

10/ Semestral Project (students presentation).

Recommended literature:

[1]. FELDSTEIN, Paul J. Health care economics. 5th ed. Clifton Park : Delmar, 2002. 627 s. ISBN 0766806995
[2]. PHELPS, Charles E, Health economics, New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992, 559 s., ISBN 06-733-8746
[3]. FELDSTEIN, Paul J Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective. ISBN-13: 978-1567936964
[4]. OKMA, K. CRIVELLI l. Six Countries, Six Reform Models: The Healthcare Reform Experience of Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan. ISBN: 978-981-4261-58-6

Keywords:

Healthcare systems, healthcare financing, health policy

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar