SU506: Pharmacoeconomics (5 ECTS)

STADS: 29000601

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
3rd quarter..

Teacher responsible
Email: dgyrd-hansen@health.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
ris@cast.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Revison of timetable:
: Større lokaler efter ønske fra de studerende.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None.

Course introduction
The aim of the course it to give the students an introduction to health economic theory and methods, such that these theory and methods can be used to perform economic analyses of the pharmaceutical market and interventions introduced in this market. The student should obtain a detailed insight into the special characteristics of the pharmaceutical market including the need for regulation in order to increase efficiency, and the effect of regulatory mechanisms such as reimbursement policies and patent policies.

Qualifications
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
• describe factors that influence the demand for pharmaceuticals, and factors the influence the equilibrium price of pharmaceuticals
• describe the health care insurance regimes and describe how different types of insurance packages can effect demand and price setting.
• discuss the need for regulating the pharmaceutical market
• asses the consequences of different reimbursement systems
• discuss how patent law provide incentives for investing in research and development of pharmaceuticals
• list the main actors in the Danish health care sector and in the pharmaceutical industry
• describe the development over time in consumptions and costs of pharmaceuticals
• describe the Danish reimbursement system

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
• The general structure of the Danish health care system
• The characteristics of any health care system
• The role of the pharmaceutical market in the health care system
• Supply and demand
• Production og costs
• Market og market imperfections
• Financing systems
• Regulation of the pharmaceutical market

Literature

• Wonderling, D & Gruen, R & Black, N: Introduction to Health Economics, Open University Press, Berkshire 2005.
• Herudover artikler og bogkapitler fra andre bøger. .

Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
4 hour written exam. Pass or fail. Internal evaluation by teacher.

Reexamination after 4th quarter. The mode of exam at the reexamination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

45 forelæsninger.
I forelæsningerne lægges der vægt på diskussion og aktiv studenterdeltagelse.
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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