23-36.21.222 Health Economics

Instructors: Prof. Dr. Mathias Kifmann

Event type: Lecture + practical course

Displayed in timetable as: Health Econ.

Hours per week: 3

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: English

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Comments/contents:
The course covers central topics of the economics of health and health care, for example,
- market failures in the health care
- the demand for health insurance
- risk selection by health insurers
- physician incentives

The aim of the course is to provide the economic analytical tools needed to inform public policy debates about health and health care. We will examine a number of important policy issues, e.g., the regulation of health insurance markets and the design of payment schemes.The course requires good knowledge of microeconomics. In addition, students should be familiar with regression analysis.

The course consists of a lecture and an exercise session. All material will be available on OPEN OLAT.

Literature:

The course is partly based on

Zweifel, P., F. Breyer and M. Kifmann. Health Economics, 2nd edition. Springer, New York et al., 2009 (available as e-book)

Additional literature will be referred to during the course.


Grading:

At the end of the term, there will be a Take-Home Exam corresponding to an exam with a duration of 120 min.

Student contributions in the course work can improve the final grade for the course by up to 0.7 points.

Additional examination information:
Take Home Exam:

Time to process the exam: 180 minutes

Time frame in which the exam can be completed:

1. Exam: 14 February 2023, 16:00 pm – 17 February 2023, 23:59 pm
2. Exam: 21 March 2023, 16:00 pm - 24 March 2023, 23:59 pm

The examiner of your course will provide information about the hand out of examination tasks / assignments and their submission during the course of this semester, at the earliest after the STiNE Changes and Corrections Period.