Innovation and Health Economics

Code:

2GESS05

Acronym:

IES

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

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
Obs.: Português

Objectives

To use economic concepts in order to better understand the health care sector, taking into account its specificity and motivate students to research in the field of health economics. Sensitize students to the special importance of innovation in this area and the particularities of economic evaluation in health.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should be able to:
1. apply basic economic concepts to the analysis of real situations.
2. Identify different healthcare economic evaluation methods and to interpret the results of an evaluation study
3. anticipate and to some extent know how to influence the diffusion of innovations
To understand the importance of incentives and innovation. 
4. describe the way new drugs and medical devices are developed and the challenges companies face in bringing new products to the market.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Healthcare production;

2. Clinical Practice Variations;

3. Behavioral economics applications;

4. Innovation;

5. Pharmaceutical markets;

6. Economic Evaluation in Health Care;

7. Continuing Care;

8. Waiting Lists.

Mandatory literature

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

Complementary Bibliography

James Barlow; Managing innovation in healthcare. ISBN: 978-1-78634-152-5
Sherry Glied; The^Oxford handbook of health economics. ISBN: 978-0-19-923882-8
Mark V. Pauly; Handbook of health economics. ISBN: 978-0-444-53592-4
Clayton M. Christensen; The^innovator.s prescription. ISBN: 978-0-07-159208-6
Michael F. Drummond; Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes. ISBN: 978-0-19-966588-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes with analysis of real life situations. 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without 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	146,50
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

Two tests. 

All enrolled students can undergo the exam. 

Calculation formula of final grade

Simple average of classification of tests. Final exam: classification in the final exam.

Classification improvement

Only by a final exam.