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May 21, 2004
Heidelberg University: Financing Health Care: Principals of Insurance
University: Heidelberg University
Department: Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Date: Jun 7-18, 2004
The international postgraduate course is offered by the Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health at Heidelberg University in summer 2004 for the first time. Eligible are public health professionals and managers with a minimum of 2 years experience in the health sector and experience with or responsibility for health financing. Language Proficiency in English through prior study or accreditation is required.
This two weeks course will take place every year in early summer in the premisses of the Department. It is an intensive course and requires daily attendance from 09.00 to 17.00. After successful completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the basic tools used in development and assessment of financing mechanisms and critically analyze the advantages and weaknesses of these tools
- Critically analyze the roles of the public and private sector in health financing in different context
- Compare and analyze the basic features of health financing mechanisms in developing countries and in developed countries
- Design a scheme of health financing based on current theories and case study examples
The course includes the following topics:
- Options for the financing of health services
- Evaluation tools for financing of health services
- Social health insurance: Case studies from Germany, Thailand
- Technical aspects of social insurance in other European countries
- Field trip: visits of different players in the German health insurance system
- Traditional risk sharing schemes in West Africa: classification, tasks and functions
- Community based insurance (CBI): rationale, concepts and implementation
- CBI case: CBI study in Burkina Faso
- From CBI to universal coverage: re-insurance
For more details about the program please visit
the list of Postgraduate Short Courses on the website
