HCA 6013 Dynamics of Healthcare Markets
Module Twelve
Assignment
Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
1) Why is economic evaluation in healthcare important?
2) Why has economic evaluation been slow to develop in the U.S?
3) Describe the different types of economic evaluation utilized in healthcare.
4) Describe in general the categories of common measurers and tools of economic evaluation in healthcare. (For this question just describe the categories. More detailed questions will follow)
5) Describe the step process of measuring costs.
6) Explain direct and indirect costs.
7) Describe the different types of effectiveness measures.
8) Describe what is meant by quality-of-life measures.
9) Explain the concept of willingness to pay.
a. Report the percentage of US citizens in medical debt and the number of US citizens that file bankruptcy due to medical debt.
b. Explain what YOU think is happening with “willingness to pay” in the US.
c.
10) Describe the process and importance of discounting costs and benefits.
11) Describe how decision trees are utilized in economic evaluations.
12) Describe the concept of sensitivity analysis in economic evaluation.
13) Describe the hierarchy of data source utilized in economic evaluations.
14) Summarize the issues faced in economic evaluations.
HCA 6013 Dynamics of Healthcare Markets
Module Thirteen
Assignment
Healthcare Systems in Developed Countries: Organization, Outcomes, and Lessons
15) What are the different approaches to the role of government in healthcare?
16) What is universality of coverage? Describe some of the approaches to universality of coverage abroad and in the U.S.
17) What are the advantages and disadvantages of universality of coverage?
18) Describe the notion of coordination of payers and how this is handled in countries outside the U.S.
19) Describe the role of private insurance in healthcare.
20) What are the advantages of allowing private insurance companies to compete with government insurance?
21) What are the advantages and disadvantages of competition between private insurance companies?
22) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of publicly mandated health systems?
23) What are some mechanisms which may be used to control the supply of physicians? What is the major disadvantage of controlling the physician supply?
24) Describe how hospitals are paid as well as the advantages and disadvantages of different methods.
25) Describe the different methods by which physicians are paid and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods.
26) Summarize the evidence of cross-national health system performance.
27) Describe the lessons on the role of government in healthcare.
28) Write short reflection on class and textbook. Please explain if and how this class affected your view of the market forces in healthcare. Answer should be at least ½ a page single spaced or 1 page double spaced. Do not bold the font.
Thank you for being the first version of this class! I appreciated your patience.
· Please let me know if you have an opinion to the below.
· These are general student preference questions –
Answering is voluntary.
· These answers are not included in the grade.
· Of course you will have the opportunity to evaluate the professor at the end of the course with the typical course evaluation.
1) Please agree or disagree and explain if you would like: I would like to have discussion board assignments added to this class.
2) Please agree or disagree and explain if you would like to. I would have liked/found valuable being assigned into a small group of people with similar amount of years in healthcare for roundtable discussion about market forces in healthcare.
3) Any other feedback you want to tell instructor. This is not anonymous.
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