Health Economics and Management

Code:

MSP12_17

Acronym:

MSP12_17

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Administration

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	No
Responsible unit:	Clinical Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Public Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSP	0	Master Degree Public Health - Official Plan12	1	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

•    Permit a better understanding of the relations between socio economic development, available of health care and health gains.
•    Sensibilize health professionals and health investigators, in the area of public health, for the impact on social and individual welfare of an efficient resources allocation in health sector .
•    Explain basic concepts, principles and the more common analysis instruments of the economic science, that could permit a better  knowledge and  more effective and efficient solutions for the contemporary health problems.

Learning outcomes and competences

The analysis and the understanding of the economic concepts and topics applied to the health sector at the production, consummation and distribution areas would permit acquire knowledge about the functioning of market and its limits, and also about demand, offer, prices and costs in the health sector.
The health professionals could apply principles and criteria that were in the basis of health rationality, namely those that are related with the objectives of efficiency and equity, at their daily decisions.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The programme of the course will be developed in modules, related with specific themes about fundamental theoretical subjects of health economic and management.
During the semester will be analyzed and discussed issues   related with the central problems in the area of economic theory and management of health services. Will be organized around the following modules
1.    The main economic problems and fundamental concepts.
2.    Health and economics. The economics and management.
3.    The health production e its main determinants.
4.    The demand, the offer and the market prices formation. The fails of the market in health.  
5.    The economic analysis of the production and costs. The specialty of the organizations that produce and offer health care.
6.    The financing analyses and the economic evaluation on health. The Cost of Ilness, the Electiveness Cost Analysis and the Utility Cost Analysis.
7.    The financing of health systems. The main problems and the more frequent policies to contain expenses and costs.  

Mandatory literature

Bèresniak, A ., Duru, G. ; Economia da Saúde, Ed. Climepsi., Lisboa, 1997
Campos, A. ; A Avaliação Económica de Programas de Saúde, Cadernos de Saúde/10, série XII, nº 2, ENSP, Lisboa, 1987
Clever, A., Perkins David; Economics for Healthcare Manager, Prentice - Hall International Inc., 1998
Drummond M.F., Sculpher, M.J.; O`Brien, B., Stoddart G.L., Torrance, G.W.; Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, Oxford Medical Publications, London, 2005
Folland, S.; Goodman A.C. e Stano M.; A Economia da Saúde. 5ª Edição, Bookman, 2008
Giraldes, M. R. ; Economia da Saúde da teoria à Prática, Ed. Estampa. Lisboa, 1997
Matias, A.; O Mercado de Cuidados de Saúde, Doc. de Trabalho 5/95, APES.Lisboa., 1995
McGuire A , Henderson, J., Mooney G.; he Economics of Health Care. An introductory Text., Ed. Routledge.London, 1998
Mooney, G.; Economics, Medicine and Health Care, Prentice Hall Europe, 2003
Pereira, J. ; Economia da Saúde. Glossário de termos e os e conceitos., Doc. Trabalho de trabalho. APES, Lisboa, 2004
Pereira, J.; The Economic Interpretation of Equity in Health and Health Care, Doc. Trabalho 1/89. APES, Lisboa
Pita Barros, P.; Economia da Saúde. Conceitos e Comportamentos, Almedina: Coimbra, 2005
Simões, J. ; Retrato Político da Saúde, Ed. Livraria Almedina. Coimbra, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodologies adopted are mixed, being composed of passive and active methods. In the presentation of conceptual issues we resort on expository teaching methodologies, wherever possible using illustrative examples. Other applied topics, for example, the analysis of papers or the application and interpretation of quantitative  instruments we resort on more active learning methodologies in which the students could participate in solving problems.


A total of 81 hours of student’s work, of which 27 are of contact, distributed as follows is estimated: T:15; TP:12.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification of the final exam.