Undergraduate Course: Health Systems Analysis (SCPL10034)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to provide students with the ability to evaluate health systems in any country or region. A core goal is to provide students with an understanding of economic principles and how these can be applied by health policy-makers in policy design, and by other analysts of health system performance. The course currently exists at SCQF Level 11 and has, since its introduction in 2013-14, been taken at that level by BMedSci Honours students doing an intercalated year within the Global Public Health Unit. The intention is to offer this course to intercalated BMedSci Honours students at SCQF Level 10 in line with CHSS regulations. |
| Course description |
The course aims to provide a critical understanding of how different models of financing and delivering health products and services can lead to different outcomes in terms of important policy goals such as equity and efficiency. Students will develop an ability to compare and evaluate various models of health system governance, with a particular focus on the evaluation of market vs. planned approaches. They will learn about the organisation and delivery of health systems, with a focus on human/ pharmaceutical resources and use of information, and be required to identify and evaluate methods by which resources are allocated or channelled to individual and institutional providers of health services. In disciplinary terms, students will develop competencies in applying economic principles to look critically at factors- including micro- and macro-economic factors- that have an influence on health systems policies.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the role played by economic analysis in health policy.
- Understand how different models of revenue collection and pooling lead to different outcomes in terms of equity/efficiency.
- Be able to evaluate various models of health system governance, with a particular focus on market versus planned approaches.
- Be able to evaluate the organisation and delivery of health systems, with a focus on crucial human/ technological resources.
- Be able to communicate important health systems concepts to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge/expertise.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Health systems,health economics,markets,pharmaceuticals,health workers |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Mark Hellowell
Tel: (0131 6)51 1330
Email: Mark.Hellowell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Riddell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9975
Email: John.Riddell@ed.ac.uk |
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