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Health & Development - ECO00025M

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  • Department: Economics and Related Studies
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

to introduce students to current policy debates on health systems in developing countries

to provide students with the economic techniques needed to analyse and discuss them

to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of these techniques in fields such as health system financing, equity and the effectiveness of health programmes

to illuminate the pros and cons of alternative policy directions

Module learning outcomes

Having completed this module, students should be able to:

 

identify and discuss the main topics of debate regarding the functioning of health systems in developing countries

critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of techniques commonly used to analyse health systems and programmes in low and middle income settings

understand how standard economic methods may need to be adapted in developing country contexts

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 90
Oral presentation/seminar/exam 10

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 90
Oral presentation/seminar/exam 10

Module feedback

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Indicative reading

No one text fully covers the material required for the entire course. Key (and supplementary) readings will be provided for each topic. In addition, the following texts cover many of the topics discussed on the module.

Jack, W., Principles of Health Economics for Developing Countries, washington, World Bank, 1999. (intermediate-Advanced)

Bhatia, M.m and Moddialos, E., "Health systems in developing countries", in: A. Hall and J. Midgley, Social policy for Development, London, Sage, 2004. (basic)

Witter, S., Ensor, T., Jowett, M., and Thompson, R., Health Economics in Developing Countries: A Practical Guide, Oxford, Macmillan, 2000 (basic)


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