Health Economics and Policy

Code:

2ECON08

Acronym:

EPS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ME	39	Bologna Syllabus	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course provides students with a set of specific economic methods that enables them to study the specificities of the health system and to implement economic analyzes of health policies. The course also analyzes the economic behavior of the health system institutions.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to health economics
2. Health systems
3. The growth of expenditure on health
4. Health and the economic value of life
5. Health production: aggregate effects
6. Demand for health and demand for healthcare
7. Imperfect information and market structure
8. Health insurance
9. Health policies

Mandatory literature

Pedro Pita Barros; Economia da Saúde: Conceitos e comportamentos, 2ª edição revista, Almedina, 2009. ISBN: 978-972-40-3727-1

Complementary Bibliography

Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman e Miron Stano; The Economics of Health and Health Care, 5th ed. , Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 0-13-227942-8

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
First test	Exame	2,00
Second test	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00