Course Code : SYB 320
Course Name: COMPARATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS
Weekly lecture and application hours of the course: 3-0
Course description: Information Technologies and Informatics in Health, Necessary Theoretical Approaches for Health Information Systems, Health Systems Planning and Management, Clinical Information System Applications, Managerial Information Systems in Healthcare Institutions, Decision Support Systems, Applications in Social Security Systems, Health Information Networks (macro scale )
Textbooks and supplementary books:
1- Comparative Health Systems. Sargutan, Erdal. Hacettepe Publishing House, 2006
2- National Health Systems of the World. Volume One. The Countries. Roemer, Milton. Oxford University Press, 1991
Course Evaluation:
Participation / Attendance : 10%,
Mid-Term Exam : 30%,
Homework : 10%,
Final Exam : 50%,
Attendance is at least 95 % mandatory.