Economics and Management in Healthcare

Code:

1OP11

Acronym:

EGSS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LECO	16	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81
LGES	8	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course provides students with a set of specific economic methods that enables them to understand the health system in general, and, in particular, the operation of health care providers. The course also provides an introduction to management models of healthcare providers.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student will be able to:
1. Identify the determinants of the supply and the demand for healthcare;
2. Identify different types of state intervention in health care systems;
3. Compare other health systems with the portuguese system;
4. Use economic concepts and models to predict the behaviour of several healthcare actors;
5. to compare different payment modalities to providers and their problems;
6. Identify different methods of economic evaluation in health care and interpret the results of an economic evaluation study

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to health economics
2. Health systems financing
3. Health production and demand for health and healthcare
4. Management of healthcare providers
5. Pharmaceutical industry
6. Health Technology Evaluation

Mandatory literature

Pedro Luís Pita Barros; Economia da saúde. ISBN: 978-972-40-7571-6

Complementary Bibliography

Bhattacharya Jay; Health economics. ISBN: 978-1-137-02996-6
Sherman Folland; The^economics of health and health care. ISBN: 978-1-138-20805-6

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 without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	70,00
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	39,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Evaluation may be distributed or by final exam. The distributed evaluation consists of a optional individual or group work and two tests, with the second to be held on the day of the final exam.
OR final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification of the distributed evaluation corresponds to the average of the marks obtained in the two tests (70%) and the individual or group work (30%). 

Examinations or Special Assignments

To compare an health system with the portuguese system.

Classification improvement

Only with final exam.