Duration
20h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- The health sector in OECD countries : some figures and main reforms
- The Belgian context
- Uncertainty, externalities, informational asymmetry
- An econometric analysis of health expenditures
- The demand for health care and physician-induced demand
- Equity in the health care finance and delivery
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students will be able to :
- define and compare the different types of health care systems
- define the main economic concepts using the appropriate terms
- interpret the values of economic variables and the results of empirical economic analyses
- represent different concepts using graphs
- summarize texts (scientific papers, research reports,...)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Idem
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Idem
Recommended or required readings
Course material (articles, slides PwP)
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Prof. F. FECHER-BOURGEOIS, ffecher@uliege.be
Assistant F. VANDENINDEN, f.vandeninden@uliege.be