Instructor / Dr. Hussein Mohammed AL- Borie
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Office/ building :4th floor 403 / Faculty of Economics & Administration
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HSA 474 // Health Care Reform and Evaluation
SECOND SEMESRTER 2013
CLASS HOURS/ SUNDAY &Tuesdays (1:00—02:20 Pm) Room 207 --BUILDING 81 :
King Abdul-Aziz University
Faculty of Economics & Administration
Health and Hospitals Administration Department
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HSA 474
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Course Title
Health Care
Evaluation
Reform
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Prerequisites
The course is offered at [√ ] 1st semester [√ ] 2nd semester [√] summer
HAS 171
The course is [ l] required [√] elective
Course Description:
It describes information of reform and evaluation characteristics in health field including the following
topics; Reform of health care policies , analysis & evaluation of health policies(effectiveness, efficiency,
and equity), government role, private role, interest groups role,, commercial routine, hospital
administration decentralization, increase in government resources through service fees, organizing private
sector, experiences and lessons from international healthcare systems reform ..
Course Objectives:
It aims to identity students "Why is the health reform necessary?" What would actually happen to different
health systems?" and teaching the question of procedures of model health reform aims.
Scientific Contents:
1. Health sector policies, evaluation, and reform..
2. Frame and performance of health systems and government role.
3. Explaining the performance and reform responses.
4. Commercial routine: Hospital administration decentralization.
5. Increase of government resources through service fees.
6. Government purchase of private service.
7. Organizing the health sector.
8. Taking capacity into consideration.
9. Reframing the health sector.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Defining reform, evaluation, policies, effectiveness, and efficiency characteristics in health sector.
2. Knowing how to evaluate healthcare policies and implement health reforms.
3. Knowing how to plan and design health reform.
4. Knowing the art of fixing health systems.
5. Knowing the reform policy in health sector.
6. Knowing the performance explanation and reform responsibilities.
7. Decision making skills.
8. The use of computer skills.
9. Information collecting skills of statistical analysis when these are need for health care reform.
10. Communication skills with individuals in internal and external environment when there is need for
health care reform.
Assessment Methods:
1. (30) marks for mid-term test
2. (10) Marks for presenting 2 articles in the 5th and 10th weeks of the class,
3. (15) Marks for writing heath reform paper,
4. (40) Marks for final test.
5. (5) Marks for attendance, participation, and other assignments.
Text Book:
The Challenge of Health Sector Reform: What Must Governments Do? By Anne Mills, Sara Bennett, and
Steve Russell. Palgrave Macmillan (Mar 7, 2001).
Supplementary References:
Reforming Markets in Health Care: An Economic Perspective (State of Health Series) by Peter Smith.
Open University Press. (Mar 2000).
Readings for PAD 475 " Healthcare Policies" , by Dr.Hussein ALBorie,2012.
Saudi Ministry OF Health Reports and World Health Organizations
Reports(2006-2012).
Time table for distributing Theoretical course contents for
Health Care Reform and Evaluation
Week
Subject
Remarks
1
INTRODUCTION
2
Concepts and theories of reform and evaluation in healthcare sector
3
Healthcare policy and reform:
4
Effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in Healthcare policy & reform
5
Healthcare reform and government role
6
Healthcare reform and private sector role
7
International Experiences of Healthcare reform:
U.S.A and CANADA
8
International Experiences of Healthcare reform: EUROPE
9
International Experiences of Healthcare reform: ASIA
10
International Experiences of Healthcare reform:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
11
Organizing the health sector
12
Frame and performance of health Explaining the performance and reform
responses
13
Reframing the health sector
14
Commercial routine: Hospital administration decentralization
15
Privatization of Healthcare
Final Exam
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