SU511: Social pharmacy (5 ECTS)

STADS: 29002801

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: ukk@sam.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Comment:
Underviser: Ulrikka Klarskov Kjær.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to evaluate the position of pharmaceuticals in society, which is important in relation to enter into interdisciplinary collaboration on the development, distribution and administration of pharmaceuticals and regulation of pharmaceuticals.

The course introduces the student to the drug market and its players. Furthermore disseminated medicinal location and importance in the Danish health. The student will gain insight into pharmaceutical market specific features, key players / stakeholders, including these actors business conditions, as well as rationales for regulation, effects and shapes of drug subsidies and patent rights.

The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses Mathematics and statistics for pharmacy

In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Give the competence to discuss and assess the position of pharmaceuticals in the health care sector and their value for society, and to discuss various stakeholders interests within the area of pharmaceuticals
• Give skills to analyse price formation of pharmaceuticals and conditions that influence supply, demand and use of pharmaceuticals
• Give knowledge and understanding of legal aspects with relevance for pharmaceuticals and the Danish health care sector, statistics about use of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical prices, theoretical models for supply and demand and economic behaviour.

Expected learning outcome

• Students should be able to define the concept of a pharmaceutical
• Knowledge about consumption statistics and pharmaceutical prices
• Describe key characteristics of the pharmaceutical market and the market for health care
• Describe the development in the consumption of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical expenditures
• Describe key actors in the Danish health care system and in relation to the pharmaceutical market
• Discuss the rationale for regulation of the pharmaceutical market
• Discuss consequences of regulation, e.g. subsidies and patents
• Describe conditions that affect demand and supply for pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical prices.

Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course:

• The pharmaceutical market and its regulation
• Organisation and financing of the Danish health care system
• Models for supply and demand
• Market condition and competition

Literature

• Kjeld Møller Pedersen: Sundhedsøkonomi, Munksgaard 2013.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

a. 4 hours written exam. Pass or fail. Internal evaluation by teacher. Exam aids allowed, a closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard. (5 ECTS). (29002802).

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 32 hours

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Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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