Health Economics

Code:

2GESS01

Acronym:

ES

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

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	30	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	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.

Program

1. Introduction to health economics
2. The growth of the health expenses
3. Health and the economic value of life
4. The health of the population
5. Demand for health and demand for healthcare
6. Asymmetric information and market structure
7. Health insurance

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
Paul Samuelson e William Nordhaus; Economia, 19ª edição, McGraw Hill, 2012. ISBN: 978-989-97172-3-7

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		2012-11-02
Second test	Exame	2,00		2013-01-31
	Total:	-	0,00