Resources for Papers

Citations

Do not plagiarize you will get an F on the course. See http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/about/citing.htm

Power point slides on using citations Must use American Economic Review Reference

style: Example references

In text reference citation by: If there are two or less authors use (author name date)

(Barham and Maluccio 2008) If there are three or more authors use et al.

(Barham et al. 2009) If the author is an organization use (organization name

date) (World Bank 2005)

Need help with writing?

Program for Writing and Rhetoric http://www.colorado.edu/pwr/writingcenter.html

Resources for all stages

Published literature – use search engines Medline ; Pubmed; Web of Science

Google and google scholar Ghana health , Ghana health system.

Searach engine for your particular topic Econlit

See library resources on class webpage. Links with many resources.

Resources for all stages

Country Reports Department of health of country International agency reports of country system

Developing Countries: World Bank, Regional Developing Agencies (e.g. PAHO), World Health Organization (WHO) World Bank E-library (under W in find articles and more on

library website) Country Health Projects at World Bank.

www.worldbank.org, then choose countries, can get to a lot of reports from here.

Resources for all stages

Developed Countries: OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Do a search by your country Check regional or general report. Use sourceOECD through library

Health System Resource guide

Stage 1: Performance of the Health Care SectorObjective: Use health data to report on the

performance of the health care system. At a minimum examine:

Expenditures Morbidity Mortality Health care resources And all sorts of other aspects that may be

pertinent for your country Max 4 double spaced pages

This does not include your tables and references.

Stage 1: Performance of the Health Care Sector Compare data on your country to:

The average for countries in your region The average for countries in income bracket

www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm

It is possible to do this automatically with some databases (e.g. WDI)

Stage 1: Performance of the Health Care Sector Where possible look at trends.

How have statistics changed over the decades for your country and comparison countries This is hard depending on indicator and country

Must you one of the three suggested data sources.

Tables: Must be formatted in exactly the same way and

that fonts are big enough to read. Source must be provided for each table

Stage 1: Data Sources Use your library website

Find Articles and More on Library Website. You must download and use the data

sources listed below. Data taken from papers can be used as

supplementary but should not be your main data source.

Stage 1: Data Sources

1. The World Development Indicators which are from The World Bank.

Get to this through the CU library website Easy to create comparisions by income level. Health % of GDP IMR Vaccination rates

Stage 1: Data Sources

2. WHO More indicators on health The database is called WHOSIS You connect to it via the class website

Hit the WHO link on the class website. Choose WHOSIS

3. Source OECD Access through library or class website Click on the statistics tab at top of page On left of screen click, click OECD databases,

choose health

Stage 1: Data Sources

Can also try: UNICEF

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_1222.html

Stage 2: What is expected

Executive summary describing your country’s health care system. Maximum 8 pages double spaced plus a bibliography. At least 3 references should be in your bibliography.

What is a bibliography? List all the materials you have consulted in preparing your

assignment, whether or not your actually cited them in your assignment.

Note this differs from just giving a list of reference. This would be just a list of materials you actually cited in your assignment.

Stage 2: What is expected

Description of the health system History: when did the health system first started and what

precipitated it or other interesting historical information. Coverage: is there universal coverage? Funding: How is the health care system funded?

Through taxes? Are there co-pays, user fees? How does the insurance system work? Is it government financed, privately financed or through a third

party? Does this differ by state? What about those who can’t afford health care who pays for

their health care?

Stage 2: What is expected

Provision: Is it privately or publically provided?

In some countries there are private hospitals even if the government pays the bills

How are doctors or hospital etc. reimbursed for their services. Paid a salary, fee-for-service, per person

Stage 2: What is expected

Coverage: What kind of health services are covered by the

government system or the insurance? Are drugs covered, what types of drugs are covered

etc. Well written: I’m grading you on your writing,

spelling, grammar etc. Well structured: I want to see that you have

structured your paper in an easy to read way. You may use subtitles or section headings if that makes it easier to read.

Group Project

Objective: Your group will teach a class on your topic.

Deliverables are Paper on your topic

Will act as class notes. Should be written in a paper style though with

references included. Must be emailed to me two days before you have to

teach the class. Make sure the paper is integrated and not like 4 different

people wrote it.

Group Presentations

Presentation Each member must present and you should make sure you

each present for approximately the same amount of time Make sure the presentation is smooth and doesn’t look like 4

separate presentations. Office meeting with me

Come prepared. I expect you have done your research. Come with an outline and a few bullet points under each

theme. The point of the meeting is for me to make sure you are on

track and discuss what you want to say. I will provide help where needed.

Group Presentations

Participation Points Group participation points This is given to you by

your other team members Class participation points If you miss more than

one group presentation you will get a zero for this component as per syllabus. You must each hand in two questions at the beginning of

class.

Possible Group Topics

1. Drug Policy in the Developed or Developing World Vaccines, Pricing (US & Canada problems)

2. Social Insurance in the US: Medicaid and the Managed Care Revolution

3. Health Savings Accounts

4. Economics of advertising in health care

5. The Economics of HIV/AIDS

6. Pay for performance