Method of examination: Course work
Credit points: 3

Module Head: Dr. Dr. Karl J. Krobot

No.		Topics
1		General principles Healthcare policy situation in Germany
2		Reimbursement of drug costs Introduction to and general principles of social law Principles of the statutory health insurance system The performance law of the statutory health insurance system Control instruments of the statutory health insurance system for pharmaceutical supply Laws pertaining to doctors within the statutory health insurance system  Review of the cost efficiency of treatment and prescribing practices in the statutory health insurance system New provision channels in the statutory health insurance system The drug budget and reference size review for drugs in statutory health insurance system
3		Methods for the comparative evaluation of pharmaceutical products An international stock-taking in the field of drug evaluation
4		Drug benefit evaluation and healthcare provision research Principles of the drug benefit evaluation Benefit assessment by the Institute for Quality and Cost Efficiency in the Healthcare System (IQWIG) The quality-adjusted year of life Cost per quality-adjusted year of life Healthcare provision research: definition and value Principles National and international sample cases
5		Drug evaluation by the IQWiG