General description

The course is a thematic course on structure and function of national and international health systems.

Learning outcomes

To provide the students with knowledge of the structure and function of regional, national and international health care systems, their function and financing strategies.

Contents

• regional, national and international level approaches to health policy and planning
• situational analysis of population health needs, services, resources and environment
• organization of health care and the multisectoral approach to health
• health care financing systems, costs of health care and budgeting
• multinational organizations and their impact in health policy formulation

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

Attendance is limited to students enrolled on the Master's program in Health Sciences (International Health, Public Health).

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	16 h	0 h

Lectures and reading the course material

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Written exam is graded fail or pass on a scale 1-5

Recommended year of study

1. year spring

Study materials

Additional literature to be announced later Andrew Green, An Introduction to Health Planning in Developing Countries. Oxford University Press 2004. 0192629840. 2. ed.

Further information

Organization responsible: Department of International Health, University of Tampere Medical School

Belongs to following study modules