Delivered at:: Department of Demography (Vishnevsky Institute of Demography)

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 2 year, 1 module

Instructor

Зинина Ангелина Игоревна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

"The course introduces students to the main demographic processes: fertility, mortality and migration. In addition to this, the course focuses on the development of the health care system and health care services. Moreover, the course provides an opportunity to evaluate the role of the state in family planning and trace the role of government and business in HCS. The course focuses on the study of open databases, the study of various methods for calculating basic demographic indicators, and theoretical approaches in demography. The advantage of the course are seminars, where students immerse in the material through reports, solving tasks and tests, modeling situations in a game form. The final control of the discipline is a final project on the topic of health care in different countries. This course is suitable for any level of knowledge in demography and public health."

Learning Objectives

Familiarization with the main directions of medical care in various countries of the world and the quality of medical services in the healthcare system
Increasing knowledge about the political, demographic and economic features of the healthcare system of the Russian Federation and other countries
Consideration of demographic data analysis methods required for data analysis in the healthcare system
Expanding knowledge about global demographic databases, as well as improving understanding of the current demographic situation about the health of the population

Expected Learning Outcomes

Formulate the main ways to transform medicine and identify national health systems and possess medical and demographic terminology
Find out the possible causes and directions of health system reforms, to argue the use of basic concepts related to health policy and the health system
Describe the main issues of health economics, healthcare management, public economics within the health systems
Be able to calculate and interpret the main demographic indicators in the healthcare system, describe the main sources of medical and demographic databases and information

Course Contents

Healthcare systems: origins and components
Political processes and reforms in the healthcare system
Economic analysis of the healthcare system
Demographic and health surveys

Assessment Elements

Seminar attendance and activities at the seminars
Problem solving, participation in a group discussion, discussion of completed homework
Group project
Presentation
Essay
Exam
Written work

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 1st module
0.2 * Essay + 0.3 * Exam + 0.2 * Group project + 0.3 * Seminar attendance and activities at the seminars

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

David Cutler, & Jel No. H. (2004). Nber Working Paper Series the Role of Public Health Improvements in Health Advances. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.9FD1E7BC
Edwards, R. T., & McIntosh, E. (2019). Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research (Vol. First edition). Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2155137
Hindrics, J. Intermediate Public Economics / Jean Hindriks, Gareth D. Myles. – 2nd ed. – Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2013. – 980 p. – Текст: электронный // DB ProQuest Ebook Central (ebrary) [сайт]. - URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/reader.action?docID=3339608&query=Public+Economics
Newhouse, J. P., & Culyer, A. J. (2000). Handbook of Health Economics. Amsterdam: North Holland. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=198970
Rees, P. H., Clarke, M., & Stillwell, J. C. H. (2010). Population Dynamics and Projection Methods. Dordrecht: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=372159
Sara E. Davies, & Simon Rushton. (2016). Public health emergencies: a new peacekeeping mission? Insights from UNMIL’s role in the Liberia Ebola outbreak. Third World Quarterly, (3), 419. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1110015
Scheffler, R. M. (2016). World Scientific Handbook Of Global Health Economics And Public Policy (A 3-volume Set). New Jersey: World Scientific. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1366923
Tagaeva, T. O., & Kazantseva, L. K. (2017). Public Health and Health Care in Russia. Problems of Economic Transition, 59(11/12), 973–990. https://doi.org/10.1080/10611991.2017.1431488

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Carr, S., Pless-Mulloli, T., & Unwin, N. (2007). An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology (Vol. 2nd ed). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=234613

Authors

ZININA ANGELINA IGOREVNA

Master’s Programme 'Population and Development'

Demography and Health Policy