Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
 

Structure and financing of health care

 Coordinator: Drs. M. van der Waal

ECTS Credits 4
Course level 500
Coordinator Drs. M. van der Waal
Number of classes (1.5 hrs) 10
Period 2- 27 April 2012
Lectures Monday and Tuesday 09:00-13:00
Examination Report
Admission Open; completed bachelor degree
Costs 1200 euro (with ECTS)
600 euro (with certificate)
Registered students at Leiden University: no fee
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Different countries have different health care systems, due to historical developments and political and societal structures. In this course we teach our students conceptual frameworks to describe and understand the structural and economic aspects of different health care systems. Health care systems may largely differ from each other in terms of their delivery-, financing- and regulation-structures. Policy issues will be analysed such as the private/public mix in finance and provision, regulation, solidarity. Students will become acquainted with some fundamental aspects of the market-oriented healthcare reforms that are taking place in the Netherlands as well as in many other countries. Students will deal with topics such as: structure of health care systems; health insurance; regulated competition in health care and finance of health care. Furthermore, students will focus on the national and international assessment of health equity and inequality

Themes
International comparison of health care systems
Semashko, Bismarck, Beveridge and Out-of-Pocket models
Financing health care
Financing long term care
Health care and rising costs
 
Lecturers
There will be a wide variety of lecturers. The lecturers for 2012-2013 are:

Dr. J. Lindenberg
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing

Dr. W. Oosterom
Oosterom B.V., Coopers & Lybrand, Price Waterhouse Coopers

Dr. W. Schäfer
Nivel

Drs. H. Rolden
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
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