Course: Health Care Financing

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Course title Health Care Financing
Course code KFU/FZP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kydlíčková Irena, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Introduction to health economics. Models of health care financing according to the prevailing form of financing. 2. Sources of health care financing in the Czech Republic - public health insurance, state budget, regional and municipal budgets, private sources. 3. Reimbursement mechanisms in the Czech Republic - capitation, payment per procedure, payment per treatment day, lump sum payment, DRG system. 4. Types and legal forms of ownership of health care entities and their economic aspects - hospitals (teaching hospitals, medium and large hospitals, polyclinics, pooled outpatient facilities), inpatient care, complements (laboratories and X-ray). 5. Types and legal forms of ownership of health care entities and their economic aspects - outpatient health care - general practitioners x outpatient specialists (specialist doctors), dentists, pharmacies, medical transport, ambulatory health care, ambulatory health care, physiotherapy in outpatient health care facilities, home care. 6. Basics of financial analysis. 7. Standard indicators as a reflection of economic reality. Specific indicators in health care. 8. Methods of financial management of health care facilities and financial planning. 9. Controlling as a management tool. Operational controlling - selected methods. 10. Controlling in health care. Seminars: 1. Bismarck's model of health care system in the Czech Republic. 2. Capitation, pay-for-performance and lump-sum payment - principles, advantages and shortcomings. 3. Financing by DRG system. 4. Financing of outpatient health care - general practitioners, specialist doctors, dental care. Financing of complementary services - laboratories and X-ray. 5. Financing of physiotherapy in outpatient facilities. Financing of homecare. 6. Reimbursement of health care - ambulance, ambulance and medical transport. 7. Funding of acute inpatient care depending on the type of health facility. 8. Financing of pharmacies and medicines. 9. Performance evaluation in the health sector - international indicators. 10. Management reporting.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 16 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
There are no prerequisites.
Skills
There are no prerequisites.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Student/ka se umí orientovat se v problematice financování zdravotní péče, umí vysvětlit základní aspekty veřejného zdravotního pojištění v CR, umí specifikovat základní úhradové mechanismy ve zdravotnictví, umí vymezit specifika finančního řízení, finančního plánování a vybrané nástroje controllingu ve zdravotnictví.
The student is able to orientate himself/herself in the issue of health care financing, can explain the basic aspects of public health insurance in CR, can specify the basic payment mechanisms in the health care sector, can define the specifics of financial management, financial planning and selected controlling tools in the health care sector.
Skills
Student/ka umí aplikovat získané teoretické poznatky, osvojené metody a kritéria pro řešení praktických úkolů v oblasti financování zdravotní péče, finančního řízení, plánování, controllingu a reportingu v oblasti zdravotnictví.
The student can apply the acquired theoretical knowledge, acquired methods and criteria for solving practical tasks in the field of health care financing, financial management, planning, controlling and reporting in the field of health care.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Skills demonstration
Competences
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Test
Competences
Test
Recommended literature
  • CAITHAMLOVÁ, Martina. Řízení nákladů ve zdravotnictví. 1. vydání.. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 2021. ISBN 978-80-01-06833-5.
  • Gladkij, Ivan. Management ve zdravotnictví. Brno : Computer Press, 2005. ISBN 80-7226-996-8.
  • Kožený Pavel. Klasifikační systém DRG. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2701-1.
  • Němec, Jiří. Principy zdravotního pojištění. Praha : Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2628-1.
  • Růčková, Petra. Finanční analýza : metody, ukazatele, využití v praxi. 2021. ISBN 978-80-271-3124-2.
  • Vodáková, Jana. Nástroje ekonomického řízení ve veřejném sektoru. Praha : Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7478-324-1.
  • Zlámal, Jaroslav; Bellová, Jana. Ekonomika zdravotnictví. Brno : Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7013-551-8.


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