Economia da Saúde
Code
9543
Academic unit
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Department
Saúde Pública e Organizações de Saúde
Credits
4.0
Teacher in charge
Julian Perelman
Total hours
24
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
To develop the required theoretical and technical skills to prepare, analyse and evaluate health policies, programs and strategies according to an economic perspective.
To be able to present examples of economic concepts used in the health care field such as: opportunity cost; scarcity and priority; demand, supply and price; funding, payment and provision; efficiency and equity; economic evaluation.
To be able to understand the economic importance of the health care sector in the economy of a country and the impact of the economic determinants in the population health production function.
To understand the main economic concepts and topics required for the rational management of health care units.
To provide a perspective of health economics on its different research topics and its contribution for the study of health care.
Prerequisites
Domain of the English language
Subject matter
Introduction to health Economics; empirical applications of economics in health care; scarcity, choice and priorities.
Economics, market and health; market failures in health care; asymmetric information and agency; externalities.
Health care supply and providers; payment to individual providers; funding models: hospitals, primary care, etc.
Financing sources; health expenditures and outcomes; macroeconomics and health; expenditure control; economic development, health and health care.
Equity and disparities in health; measuring inequity in health; equity in the provision and funding of health care
Economic evaluation in health; cost-effectiveness analysis; cost-utility analysis; cost-benefit analysis; critical analysis of health economics studies; case studies