Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 171702 | Subject title: ECONOMICS OF HEALTH | ||||
| Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Optative | Year: 4 | Period: 1º S | ||
| Department: Economía | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| CABASES HITA, JUAN MANUEL (Resp) [Mentoring ] | GARCIA PRADO, ARIADNA MARÍA [Mentoring ] | ||||
Contents
The subject focuses on the theory supporting behavior in the health sector. It is structured in 8 different chapters that deal with relevant topics such as: Growth and health, efficiency in the delivery of health services, equity in health and allocation of resources, different health systems and reforms, economic evaluation of health programs, Cost-effectiveness Analysis and Cost Utility Analysis among others.
Descriptors
This subject applies economic concepts to the field of health and health services. It is focused on analyzing the behavior of the demand and supply in the health market as well as the efficiency and equity of health systems. The main goal is that the student will learn to apply economic models of how agents make individual and collective decisions to health.
Previous knowledge: It is advisable to have studied previously Public economy I and some knowledge on econometric programs such as Eviews, and/or Gretl but it is not requested.
Keywords: Health, Economics, Health market, Equity, Health systems.
General proficiencies
CG01 Synthesis and Analytic Ability
CG02 Organizational and Planning Skills
CG04 Oral and written skills in a foreign language
CG06 Ability to search data and info from different sources
CG07 Ability to solve problems
CG08 Ability to make decisions
CG09 Ability to work as a team
CG11 Ability to work in an international context
CG12 Ability to relate to others
CG13 Ability to work in different environments
CG14 Critical thinking
CG15 Ethical commitment at work
CG17 Autonomous learning
CG18 Ability to adjust to new situations
CG19 Creativity
CG20 Leadership
CG22 Motivation for quality
CG23 Sensibility towards social and environmental issues
Specific proficiencies
CE01 Understanding of Economic Institutions
CE02 Identifying sources of economic data that are relevant
CE04 Professional Economic Analysis
CE05 Writing technical reports
CE06 Preparation of international, national or regional economic projects
CE10 Evaluate consequences of different economic options and choose the best ones based on objective goals.
Learning outcomes
R_MEP_08. To learn about the Public Sector role in the health market, the behavior of different agents, the efficiency problems related to the public sector management of health provision and discuss about different policies to improve the management of the public health sector.
R_MEP_09. To learn how the economic evaluation of health technologies and health programs work and how to measure health states preferences, identifying the weak and strong points of each of the methodologies.
R_MEP_12. Analyze the decentralization in Spain as well as the local systems of financing applied to health.
Evaluation
| Learning outcomes | Evaluation system | Weigh (%) | Is it possible to recover? |
| R_MEP_08, R_MEP_09 | Exercises/Essay | 20 | Yes |
| R_MEP_08, R_MEP_09, R_MEP_10 | Tests | 60 | Yes |
| R_MEP_08, R_MEP_09 | Presentation | 20 | No |
Agenda
Chapter 1. Health and Economy
Chapter 2. The health market
Chapter 3. Health Demand
Chapter 4. Health Supply
Chapter 5. Economic Evaluation of Health Programs
Chapter 6. Cost-Utility analysis and health measurement
Chapter 7. Equity in health and health delivery
Chapter 8. Health Systems and health reforms
Bibliography
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
FOLLAND S, A GOODMAN y M STANO (7th edition, 2014): The economics of health and health care. Ed Pearsons. La edición de 2014 ofrece versión on line y precios reducidos para estudiantes en la versión impresa. Es el texto oficial de la asignatura.
ZWEIFEL, P., F. BREYER y M KIFMANN (2009): "Health Economics" (Second edition) Springer-Verlag. Berlin.
MUENNING, P. (2008). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health. A practical approach. (2nd edition). Jossey-Bass. San Francisco. CA 94103-1741.
GOLD, M., J. SIEGEL, L. RUSSELL, Y M. WEINSTEIN (Eds.) (1996). "Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine". Oxford University Press, Oxford.
JACOBS R, PC SMITH Y A STREET (2006). Measuring efficiency in health care: analytic techniques and health policy. Cambridge University Press.
JONES A (2006). The Elgar companion to health economics. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
M LOCKETT, TONY (1996): "Health Economics for the uninitiated". Radclife Medical Press. Oxford and New York.