Sommersemester 2010

Seminar S 103
A comparative perspective on public and private health systems in Europe

Monday, 10. May 2010, 9.30;
Monday, 17. May 2010, 10.45-13.15;
Thursday, 20. May 2010, 10.45-13.15;
Thursday, 27. May 16.45-19.15;
Monday, 31. May 2010, 10.45-13.15;
Monday, 14. June 2010, 10.45-13.15 (note new lecture hall: Seminarraum I)

Lecture hall: Vortragssaal of the Guesthouse

First session / Beginn: 10. Mai 2010

Vergabe der Plätze nach dem Exposé-Verfahren: Ja

Contents / Inhalt: This seminar is part of the "SPEA in Speyer" summer studies program. The DHV and SPEA (School of Public & Environmental Affairs) offer a new program on comparative public policy and administration in Germany, the European Union, and the United States during the summer semester 2010. Five seminars taught in English will provide an overview of major problems of public management, European economic integration, policymaking in EU member states, public and private health systems, and the history of European public administrations. Highlights of the program will be excursions to the European Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (France), the German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, the BASF in Ludwigshafen with the world's largest chemical site, and to the picturesque city of Heidelberg. Overview / Didaktisches Konzept, Lehr- und Lernziele: The purpose of this seminar is to compare the US, the EU, and, in particular, the German public and private health systems. By taking a closer look at these different health systems and policies including their demographic, economic and legal backgrounds the seminar tries to give a better understanding of possible restraints of but also chances for reforms in the field of public and private health systems. The four sessions will cover: - overview of the US, EU, and German public and private health systems, - health care reform plans in the US and in Germany, - European health care law in the Treaties and in selected member states, - financing of health care including their demographic and economic challenges, and - rules of competition on and trade in health care. The seminar will be taught by Professor Pitschas. Each session is composed of a general lecture introducing the respective subject followed by two to three student presentations with discussions. In addition, a reader with reading assignments will be provided. Topics Session 1: Introduction to the US, EU and German public and private health systems Objectives: Becoming acquainted with each other, getting an overview of the course of the seminar, understanding the main common principles and the main differences of the public and private health systems in the US, the EU, and Germany, and getting a foundation for the following sessions. The session will start with a round of introductions: overview of the EU and German public and private health systems Subtopics: 1.Health care reform plans in the EU 2.The fragmentation of the US-American health system - an overview (insurance, facilities and providers in medical care) Session 2: The European health systems from Germany to the UK Objectives: Taking a closer look at the European health policy and health care systems of some selected member states, their demographic and economic challenges over the past decades, as well as the private and public systems and their institutions. Subtopics: 3. Health care in the European Union and the Treaty on the European Union, and the Treaty establishing the European Community / (Lisbon) Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 4. Challenges for health care in Germany: division between public and private insurance systems, institutions, service provision, therapeutic freedom, private practices and hospitals, pharmacies. Session 3: Financing and the economy of health care Objectives: Learning about the respective financing systems for public and private health care including the economic and demographic challenges. Subtopics: 5.Financing and the economy of health care in the US - taxes, contributions, public spending 6. Financing and the economy of health care in Germany and the UK - capital cover, contributions (public and private insurance) Session 4: Rules of competition on and trade in health care Objectives: Getting an overview on the rules of competition of the Treaty establishing the European Community including their application to health insurances in the member states. Understanding the impact of the GATS on trade in health care. Subtopics: 7. Application of the rules of competition of the Treaty establishing the European Community (Articles 81 et seqq. TEC) to health care systems in Europe 8. Health care and the GATS Miscellaneous / Sonstiges: Students who are enrolled at the DHV are welcome to participate in one or more seminars of the program as part of their regular curriculum. Students have to meet the normal seminar requirements of the DHV: Submission of a paper and an oral presentation both in English. The DHV also offers a "certificate of participation" to those DHV students who participate in all five seminars. In this case, a paper and an oral presentation have to be given in a seminar of the student's choice. Furthermore, English presentations of assigned readings are required in the remaining seminars where papers are not written. The deadline for the submission of papers will be determined by agreement with the instructors. If you have any questions about the seminar please contact: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rainer Pitschas (rpitschas@dhv-speyer.de) Further informations about the "SPEA in Speyer" summer studies can be found under: http://www.dhv-speyer.de/engl/spea/

 

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