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ME33ES: MEDICINE AND ECONOMICS (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

Resources available for the provision and payment for health care are limited.

However, knowledge of economics helps ensure that available resources are used in the most effective and efficient way possible. Economics allows more informed decision making about a variety of issues: choosing between alternative treatments; setting priorities between patients; choosing between alternative new technologies and organising the provision of health care.

This course provides an introduction to the application of economics to health care. It does not assume any prior knowledge of economics.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Diane Skatun

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Medicine (ME)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course covers the following areas:


1. Background and basic economic concepts: where we will introduce the key concepts of demand and supply along with the concept of the market and how these relate to health care;


2. Healthcare Systems: where we will consider the challenges relating to health care financing and payment to providers. Specifically we will introduce different ways for organising and financing health care systems, as well as methods of payment to service providers


3. Economics of health behaviours: will provide an explanation of why and how we should intervene in population health behaviours and the role of behavioural economics in developing health behaviour interventions; and


4. Economic evaluation: will provide an explanation of the rationale for, and main techniques of economic evaluation of health care interventions and their use for decision making.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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