Syllabus
Students are required to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course sylabus available at: http://upces.cerge-ei.cz/images/stories/syllabi/In%20Love%20with%20Power.pdf
Reading materials: the coordinators of the UPCES programme will inform the enrolled students where to get them.
Annotation
This is one of the UPCES courses (the Undergraduate Program in Central European Studies); comprehensive information is available at https://bakalar.fhs.cuni.cz/SHV-211.html.
The course aims to provide students with an introduction to the key concepts, methods and understanding of the application of economics to health and health care. Students will gain knowledge of the core theories underpinning health economics, and by looking at the empirical evidence they will learn to evaluate whether they give correct predictions for real health care market. The differences between US and European approach toward health care financing and provision will be discussed to stimulate students’ critical thinking about the major challenges health care systems face and how health economics can play a role in understanding and mitigating those challenges.