SU511: Social pharmacy
Study Board Pharmacy
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher
EKA: N560004102
Assessment: Second examiner: None
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor
STADS ID (UVA): N560004101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 25-04-2019
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Comment
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Academic preconditions. Students taking the course are expected to:
- Have knowledge of database search
- Could use spreadsheets, eg Excel
Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to evaluate the position of pharmaceuticals in society, which is important in relation to enter into interdisciplinary collaboration on the development, distribution and administration of pharmaceuticals and regulation of pharmaceuticals.
The course introduces the student to the drug market and its players. Furthermore disseminated medicinal location and importance in the Danish health. The student will gain insight into pharmaceutical market specific features, key players / stakeholders, including these actors business conditions, as well as rationales for regulation, effects and shapes of drug subsidies and patent rights.
The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the courses Mathematics and statistics for pharmacy
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give the competence to discuss and assess the position of pharmaceuticals in the health care sector and their value for society, and to discuss various stakeholders interests within the area of pharmaceuticals
- Give skills to analyse price formation of pharmaceuticals and conditions that influence supply, demand and use of pharmaceuticals
- Give knowledge and understanding of legal aspects with relevance for pharmaceuticals and the Danish health care sector, statistics about use of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical prices, theoretical models for supply and demand and economic behaviour.
Expected learning outcome
- Students should be able to define the concept of a pharmaceutical
- Knowledge about consumption statistics and pharmaceutical prices
- Describe key characteristics of the pharmaceutical market and the market for health care
- Describe the development in the consumption of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical expenditures
- Describe key actors in the Danish health care system and in relation to the pharmaceutical market
- Discuss the rationale for regulation of the pharmaceutical market
- Discuss consequences of regulation, e.g. subsidies and patents
- Describe conditions that affect demand and supply for pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical prices.
Content
The following main topics are contained in the course:
- The pharmaceutical market and its regulation
- Organisation and financing of the Danish health care system
- Models for supply and demand
- Market condition and competition
Literature
Kjeld Møller Pedersen: Sundhedsøkonomi, Munksgaard 2013.
See Blackboard for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
January
Tests
Written exam (4 hours)
EKA
N560004102
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
Allowed, a closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard.
ECTS value
5
Additional information
The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.