Health Economics and Policy

Code:

2ECON08

Acronym:

EPS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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	12	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.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understanding of the fundamental health economics principles. Ability to perform economic analyses of healthcare markets and institutions.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to health economics.
2. Health systems and policies.
3. Health systems financing.
4. Economic evaluation of health technologies.
5. Demand for health and demand for healthcare.
6. Supply of healthcare.
7. Imperfect information and market structure.
8. Health insurance.

Mandatory literature

Barros, Pedro Luís Pita; Economia da saúde. ISBN: 978-972-40-5374-5

Complementary Bibliography

Stano, Folland Goodman; The economics of health and health care. ISBN: 978-1-29202-051-8
Barbara McPake, Charles Normand e Samantha Smith; Health Economics: An international perspective, 3rd ed., Routledge, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-415-68088
Rexford Santerre, Stephen Neun; Health Economics: Theory, Insights and Industry Studies, 6th ed., Cengage Learning, 2012. ISBN: 978-1111822729

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 (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	84,00
Frequência das aulas	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.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification of the distributed evaluation corresponds to the simple average of the marks obtained in the two tests.