TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	8
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain basic concepts and principles of health politics and insurance
MODE OF DELIVERY
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Basic Concepts about Health Policy 2nd Week Process of Making Health Policy 3rd Week International Organizations Leading to Global Health Policies and International Reports on Health Reforms 4th Week Important Health Reforms in the World 5th Week Important Health Reforms in the World-2 6th Week Turkish Health Policy 7th Week Basic Principles and Techniques of Health Services Planning 8th Week Social Security and Health System 9th Week Health Care Market, Market Failures and Health Insurance 10th Week Health Expenditures and Health Financing 11th Week Insurance and Health Insurance 12th Week Historical Development of Health Insurance in the World 13th Week Social and Private Health Insurance in Selected Countries 14th Week Health Insurance in Turkey 15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Buse, K., Mays, N. and Walt, G. (2005). Making health policy. Open University Press, USA Yıldırım, H.H. (Ed.) (2012) Sağlık sigortacılığı. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 20 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 20 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 80 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 12 168 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 10 10 Article 4 2 8 Total Workload 239 Total Workload / 30 7,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 8
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No