Public health. Determinants of health, social determinants. Health status of population, main health problems of the European population. Demography and its importance for health care, ageing of population and its consequences for health and social care. Health policy, health care systems, health care management and evaluation. Health economy, health care financing. Health insurance. Solidarity in health. Factors affecting dental (private) practice, legal, ethical and personal points of view.
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Veřejné zdravotnictví. Determinanty zdraví, sociální determinanty. Zdravotní stav obyvatelstva, hlavní zdravotní problémy evropské populace. Demografie a její význam pro zdravotní péči, stárnutí populace a jeho důsledky pro zdravotní a sociální péči. Zdravotní politika, systémy zdravotní péče, management ve zdravotnictví, hodnocení zdravotní péče. Ekonomie zdravotnictví, financování zdravotní péče. Zdravotní pojištění, princip solidarity. Faktory ovlivňující stomatologickou (soukromou) praxi, právní, etické a osobní hledisko.
Entry requirements
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Entrance requirements: prerequisites: compulsory subjects of the 3rd year
Outputs:
1. the student will gain a basic teoretical overview of public health issues (public health and its determinants; health care systems; health care financing and legislation)
2. the student will obtain basic practical information on the management of a private dental practice (labour-legal relations; establishment and operation of a private practice; practice costs)
Requirements to the exam - Czech
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Examination/credit requirements
Credit
1. Attendance at seminars and lectures is compulsory. One properly excused absence will be tolerated; late arrivals will be counted as absences. In the case of more than one absence, the student must work on the topic assigned by the lecturer in order to receive credit. Any absences greater than 40% (3 or more seminars and lectures) will be handled individually with the head of the department chair and the course quarantor.
2. Active participation in seminars. The topics of the individual seminars (and their schedule) are posted on the departmental board.
3. Preparation and presentation of a chosen public health topic at the last seminar.
Consultations: are available by appointment with the teachers of Department of Preventive Medicine.
Syllabus - Czech
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Lecturers
Tomas Krabec, assoc. prof., Ing., Ph.D.
Jan Hodac, Ing.
Lectures
Establishing and running dental practice. Most frequent problems associated with starting dental practice. Practice costs. Income and expenditure in private practice. Posibilites, rights and dutiens of a graduate. Private practice as a self-contained unit. Document management in private practice. (Krabec)
Health economy. Reimbursement in health care. Health insurance. Solidarity in health. Practical cases of reimbursement. Health care systems. (Hodac)
Public Health. The health status of population. Sources and critical use of health information. Demography and its importance for health care, basic demographical indicators, ageing of population and its consequences for health and social care. (Hodacova)
Health legislation. (Kalousek)
Social determinants of health. Equity in health. Quality measurement and improvement in health care. (Parilova)
Project presentation. (Hodacova)
Literature - Czech
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Compulsory literature
Čeledová L., Holčík J. et al. Social Medicine. An Introduction to New Public Health. Praha: Charles University, 2019. ISBN 978-80-246-4276-5
Gillam S., Yates J., Badrinath P. (Eds.) Essential Public Health. Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-68983
Armstrong D. Outline of Sociology as applied to Medicine. 5 th edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-340-80920-5
Recommend literature
Regmi K., Gee I., (eds.) Public Health Intelligence. Issue of Measures and Method. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-28324-1
Albrecht, .C., Fitzpatrick, R., Scrimshaw, C.S., (eds.) The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine. Sage, 2000, ISBN 0-7619-5617-4