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SAY 421 - Health Insurance and Actuarıa

Faculty of Health Sciences · Health Management · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Gülay EKİNCİ
Instructors: Doç. Dr. Gülay EKİNCİ

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to ensure that students master the information about health insurance in a systematic framework.

Course Content

The role and importance of the state in health services, the place of health insurance in the social security and health system, payment methods, definition and types of public-private health insurance, analysis and evaluation of health insurance in the world and in Turkey, risk factors and management in health insurance, analysis and evaluation of reimbursement methods used in health services.

Required Resources

Sağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527

Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019

Teşhis İlişkili Gruplar Bilgilendirme Rehberi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2014

Klinik Kodlamada Püf Noktalar, TİG, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2019

Recommended Resources

Related articles and reports will be given during the course.

Course presentations, subject summaries and auxiliary questions will be given during the course.

Explanations

It is recommended to read the relevant sections of the resources before the lesson.

Rules

70% attendance is required

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will have information about the basic concepts of the social security system, will be able to explain the place of health insurance in the health system.
  2. Will be able to express the relationship between health expenditures, health financing and insurance,
  3. Will have information about the effects of health insurance on supply and demand and will be able to suggest solutions.
  4. Will have information about payment methods, advantages and disadvantages in health insurance.
  5. Will have information about health insurance and its development in the world and in Turkey
  6. Gain the competence to carry out work and transactions regarding Diagnosis-Related Groups (DDI) and disease classifications
  7. Able to work as a team and lead in the areas of his/her field of expertise.
  8. Will have basic knowledge about General Health Insurance application

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%30 (46) Mathematics and Statistics%30 (72) Health%40

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeSelf studyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16464
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment248
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Basic definitions and concepts of healthSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
2Healthcare market and its characteristicsSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
3Global stakeholders in healthcare Health systems features, structure and componentsSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
4Health systems and development from a historical perspective / Health systems classification basic definitions and conceptsSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
5Basic definitions and concepts of contemporary classification in health systems / Health expenditures and typesSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
6Financing and financial resources in healthcareSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
7Basic concepts and principles of insuranceSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Insurance pricing and premium calculationSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
10Parties, market and market failures in health insuranceSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
11Health insurance types and form of organizationSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
12Reimbursement Models in Health InsuranceSağlık Uygulama Tebliği Teşhis İlişkili Gruplar Rehberi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2014 Klinik Kodlamada Püf Noktalar, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2019
13Basic definitions and concepts of Diagnosis Related GroupsSağlık Uygulama Tebliği Teşhis İlişkili Gruplar Rehberi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2014 Klinik Kodlamada Püf Noktalar, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2019
14Complementary Health Insurance World and Turkey Sample Applications Disability Health Regulations and Disability Calculation MethodologySağlık Uygulama Tebliği Teşhis İlişkili Gruplar Rehberi, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2014 Klinik Kodlamada Püf Noktalar, Sağlık Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 2019
15General Health Insurance definition, regulations and financing General Health Insurance applications and conceptsSağlık Sigortacılığı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları No:2527 Sigortacılığa Giriş ve Güncel Sigortacılık Hukuku, Murat Şahin, 2019
16Final examFinal exam