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Health Economics and Politics (1 º Sem 2019/2020)

Code: 02499
Acronym: 02499
Level: 2nd Cycle
Basic: No
Teaching Language(s): Portuguese
Friendly languages:
Be English-friendly or any other language-friendly means that UC is taught in a language but can either of the following conditions:
1. There are support materials in English / other language;
2. There are exercises, tests and exams in English / other language;
3. There is a possibility to present written or oral work in English / other language.
1 6.0 0.0 h/sem 20.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 8.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 2.0 h/sem 30.0 h/sem 120.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 150.0 h/sem
Since year 2018/2019
Pre-requisites No
Objectives  By the end of the unit, the student should be able to know the main questions in health economics.  
Program 1. Introduction to Economic Analysis in Health Care
2. Production and Costs of Health Care
3. Supply of Health Care
4. Markets, Market Failure and the Role of Government in Health Care
5. Health Insurance and Health Care Financing
6. Principles of Economic Evaluation in Health Care
7. Measuring and Valuing Health Care Output
8. Economic Evaluation Methods
9. The Use of Economic Evaluation in Decision Making
Evaluation Method In addition to strict compliance with the program regulation, the periodical evaluation method requires a minimum class attendance of 60% and:
- An assignment (individual or in group) with a weight of 40%;
- An individual test, with a weight of 60% and a minimum grade of 10 points.
Alternatively, the final exam, similarly to phase two exams, will account for 100% of the final grade, disregarding the periodical assessment component.
Teaching Method Lectures; theoretical and practical classes, individual exam, group work.
Observations
Basic Bibliographic - Morris, S., N. Devlin, D. Parkin e A. Spencer (2012), Economic Analysis in Health Care, John Wiley&Sons.
Complementar Bibliographic - Drumond, M., G. Torrance, B. O'Brien e G. Stoddart (2003), Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, Oxford University Press.