Value Based Health Care - the future for the health care sector?

Course content

Value Based Health Care (VBHC) is a delivery model, where value is defined as the outcomes achieved for patients relative to costs. VBHC focuses on achieving predetermined patient outcomes whilst optimizing the use of resources through integrated healthcare.

This course will address the following:

  • Introduction to Value Based Healthcare (VBHC)
  • The history and background of VBHC 
  • Practicing VBHC, examples from the real world
  • New business models for industry
  • The World Economic Forum Framework for VBHC
  • Impact on patients, what are patient relevant outcomes and how are they different today?
Learning outcome

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

Knowledge

  • Understand key steps in developing and implementing VBHC initiatives including potential barriers
  • Understand how value is created between the various stakeholders

 

Skills

  • Identify key challenges in the development of VBHC and discuss potential solutions 
  • Discuss rationales for and consequences of VBHC plans and initiatives
  • Design and develop interdisciplinary approaches within the field of VBHC aimed at improving current practice

 

Competencies

  • Critically reflect upon VBHC proposals and practices
  • Communicate VBHC specific issues and proposals to other specialists and stakeholders
  • Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary VBHC development project team

 

This is an intensive 5-day course. Teaching methods consist of a combination of lectures, group discussions, case studies, presentations, simulation exercises and panel discussions.

Oral
Individual
Collective
ECTS
3 ECTS
Type of assessment
Home assignment
Type of assessment details
A written assignment (essay) between 8 and 15 pages long based on an extended literature list.
Examination prerequisites

Active participation in the course is a prerequisite for assessment. 

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
passed/not passed
Censorship form
No external censorship
Examiner: Janine M. Traulsen
Exam period

See exam plan

Re-exam

Same as ordinary.

Criteria for exam assessment

To achieve a pass, the student must be able to perform at a sufficient level to:

Knowledge:

  • Describe and discuss the basic principles of VBHC – weighing the pros and cons

 

Skills for:

  • Applying basic VBHC techniques and principles into practical cases
  • Identifying realistic tools for introducing VBHC into a given health care environment

 

Compentencies to:

  • Work in a multidisciplinary VBHC team
  • Suggest a VBHC approach to improving current practices  
  • Plan and implement basic VBHC inspired initiatives

Part time Master courses

  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 40
  • Preparation
  • 22,5
  • Exam
  • 20
  • English
  • 82,5

Kursusinformation

Language
English
Course number
SMIMIF116U
ECTS
3 ECTS
Programme level
Part Time Master
Duration
5 days
Placement
Summer
Price

See course fee details at programme webpage

Schedulegroup
Capacity
25 persons maximum
Studyboard
Study Board for the Professionel Master´s Degree Programmes at The Faculty og Health and Medical Science
Contracting department
  • Department of Pharmacy
Contracting faculty
  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinator
  • Marlene Gyldmark   (16-726677716a736a336c7e71697266777045787a736933707a336970)
Teacher

Marlene Gyldmark;Stefan Larsson, Boston Consulting Group; Kenneth Forsstroem Jensen, Roche, Denmark; additional teachers - to be announced

Saved on the 30-04-2026

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