Health Systems and Policies

Code:

2GESS08

Acronym:

SPS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S (of 18-02-2015 to 17-06-2015)

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GESS	24	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course provides students with an overview of the systems in which health services operate. Despite being devoted special attention to the Portuguese health system, it is intended that students are confronted with alternative health systems, with the methodologies for assessment of health systems, and with the policies that could be implemented to increase the performance of the health system.

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge of the health system. Ability to identify the need for intervention and to propose adequate health policies. Ability to evaluate health policies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Health systems 2. Evaluation of health status 3. Supervision of health systems 4. Provision of healthcare services 5. Health systems financing 6. Evaluation of health systems 7. Health policies

Mandatory literature

World Health Organization; The Word Health Report 2000: Health Systems: Improving Performance, WHO, 2000. ISBN: 1020-3311
World Health Organization; Portugal health system performance assessment 2010, WHO, 2010
Pedro Pita Barros, Sara Ribeirinho Machado, Jorge de Almeida Simões; Portugal: Health system review, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2011. ISBN: 1817-6127 Vol. 13 No. 4

Complementary Bibliography

Nazaré da Costa Cabral, Olívio Mota Amador, Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins (org.); A Reforma do Sector da Saúde: Uma Realidade Iminente?, Almedina, 2010. ISBN: 978-972-40-4104-9
Barros, Pedro Luís Pita; Economia da saúde. ISBN: 978-972-40-5374-5
Paul Samuelson e William Nordhaus; Economia, 19ª edição, McGraw Hill, 2012. ISBN: 978-989-97172-3-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures with practical applications, in which the concepts and models of economic analysis are presented and examples and cases are discussed. Classes are conducted in order to maximize the exchange of ideas.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	60,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	42,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho de investigação	42,00
Total:	126,00

Eligibility for exams

Evaluation may be distributed or by final exam. The distributed evaluation consists of: two tests, with the first to be held during class hours, and the second on the day of the final exam; one group report; participation in classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification of the distributed evaluation corresponds to the weighted average of the marks obtained in the four evaluation moments. The weights are 30% for each test, 30% for the group report, and 10% for participation in classes.