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International Welfare Systems (IHSM-M1.1)
Department
- Master's Program International Health & Social Management
Course unit code
- IHSM-M1.1
Level of course unit
- Master
Year of study
- Fall 2024
Semester when the course unit is delivered
- 1
Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
- Assoz. FH-Prof. Fouda Ayman, PhD
- Falkenbach Michelle, PhD
- Dr. Sorensen Kristine
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Understand global context of health and social systems and their relative performance with regard to resource inputs and result outcomes both in high- and Low-income country settings.
Understand parameters and global context of health and social systems, as well as the appropriate control knobs to manage them.
Health economic context, understand the macro implications for sustainable health sector financing and performance including health services, public health, medical device, pharma and vac-cine policy. Understand the functioning of CCTs.
Results and outcomes, performance and indicators, league ta-bles, country and systems performance goals. Use in class the "Burden of Disease Tool" by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Understand ethical and political economy dimensions of public health as well as the necessary trade-offs in public policy and in-dividual choice. Private sector insurance versus public financing. Private versus public provision.
Understand the technical dimensions of health sector develop-ment and reform, with particular emphasis on Middle Income Countries. Inn-depth study of the political dimensions determining success or failure of reforms.
Mode of delivery
- -
Recommended optional program components
- none
Course contents
- Introduction to health and social systems overview
Continued lecture and class group work on international health and social systems, including basis health economic concepts (financing, pooling, purchasing, and service provision).
Health Systems, their management, governance, financing and overall cross-sectoral context for population health outcomes. Health in all policies, Health and Social Systems in the context of high-income OECD countries and in contrast to Low-income countries in development.
Macroeconomic, microeconomic and political and development context of Health Reform and Health Sector Management. Guest Lecture on Pharmaceuticals. Review the performance of Condi-tional Cash Transfer Programs (CCTs).
Macro + Micro context continued Health and wealth, Equity and Efficiency and respective trade-offs within international health and social systems. Contrast High-income countries (Nether-lands, Switzerland, and Austria) with performance of MICs.
Ethical and political dimensions of health and social systems, issues of choice, fairness, equality and equity explained through the lens of different philosophical approaches.
Recommended or required reading
- The World Health Report: Health Systems Financing: The path to universal coverage. ISSN 1020-3311
Paris, V., M. Devaux and L. Wei (2010), "Health Systems Institutional Characteristics: A Survey of 29 OECD Countries", OECD Health Working Papers, No. 50, OECD Publishing.
William Hsiao and Peter S. Heller: IMF Working Paper Fiscal Affairs Department What Should Macroeconomists Know about Health Care Policy?
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Assessment methods and criteria
- Course-immanent examination or final exam or combination of both examination types.
Language of instruction
- English
Work placement(s)
- none