VSFS:N_FSZS Financing of the soc. system - Course Information

N_FSZS Financing of the social and health system

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Jan Mertl, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Dita Egertová

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles and mechanisms of old-age, disability and unemployment security, the system of state social support and social assistance, as well as the basics of the functioning of the health care system and health care financing in the Czech Republic. Partial attention is also paid to optional products, financing of long-term care, institutions and legislation on social security.

Learning outcomes

The financing of social security and health care makes together the largest fiscal subsystem and its importance is crucial from both macroeconomic and financial perspectives. The course is based on general knowledge and explanation of social policy concepts, which it applies to the financing of the Czech social and health care system. By completing the course, the student will gain a solid overview of the setting and volume of financing of individual segments of Czech social policy and will be able to adequately recognize, name and analytically evaluate them.

Syllabus

• 1. Social and private security of persons. Social insurance, state social support, social assistance, secured living situations. State budget and budget chapters. 2. Old-age security - configuration of pension system pillars and their financing. 3. Old-age security - compulsory social pension insurance, optional private financial products. 4. Security in case of illness - sickness and disability insurance. 5. Occupational injuries and illnesses on call. Unemployment insurance - financing of employment policy. 6. State social support. Social assistance/aid, social need and material need. Financing of non-insurance benefits from general taxes. 7. Health care system - subjects, purpose, functions. Health as human capital and its importance for the quality of life. 8. Public health insurance. Revenues of the system within public finances. Health insurance companies. Redistribution of insurance premiums. 9. Health insurance funds. Preventive programmes of health insurance companies. Optional private health products. 10. Health care facilities and health care reimbursement. Methods of payment for health care. 11. Financing of long-term care. Care allowance. 12. Current developments and statistics on the social and health care system. State final account.

Literature

required literature
• HOLUB, M., MERTL, J., ŠLAPÁK, M., VOSTATEK, J., et al.Typologie sociálních dávek a událostí v pojistném a nepojistném systému sociálního zabezpečení z hlediska vhodnosti a efektivity. 1. vyd. Praha: Praha: VÚPSV, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7416-355-5.
• Mertl, J. et al. (2023). Sociální politika. 7. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer.

recommended literature
• Mertl, J. (2022). Financování zdravotnických systémů v kontextu české zdravotní politiky. Praha: Wolters Kluwer.
• VOSTATEK, J. Penzijní teorie a politika. Praha, C. H. Beck, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7400-571-8.
• TOMEŠ, I. Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-680-3.
• MERTL, J. Socioekonomické aspekty standardu a nadstandardu ve zdravotním pojištění. Pojistné rozpravy. Praha: Česká asociace pojišťoven, 2019, roč. 2019, č. 36, s. 40-45. ISSN 2571-1059.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Písemný test s možným ústním doplněním. V písemném testu je nutno získat alespoň 60 procent bodů.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.

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