Economia da Saúde (Fmul)

Objectives

The main objective of this curricular health (CU) is to transmit the fundamental concepts of health economics, framing it as an economic good and analyzing both its specificities and the importance of health in the economy. At the end of this CU, students should be able to achieve the following specific objectives: - Understand the main concepts in health economics, knowing how to frame health as an economic good and being able to identify the different specificities of the health market(s), including the concepts of efficiency; - To analyze the extent to which health represents an investment and a factor of social and economic development and to know the forms of economic evaluation of health technologies; - Discuss in an informed and sustained manner topics within the scope of the implementation of new health markets or modification of existing ones, the impact of decision-making regarding health at different levels, of economic evaluation and health economics in general.

Syllabus

Introduction to Health Economics; The Growth of Health Expenditure; Basic Concepts of Micro and Macroeconomics; Economic Value of Life and Health; Demand and Supply of Health and Health Care; Imperfect Information and Agency Relationship; Stakeholders in the Health Sector: Medical, State, Hospitals, Insurance Companies, Pharmaceuticals; Impact of Health on Society and Economy and of Society and Economy on Health: Health as an Investment, Health Impact Assessment; Economic Assessment in Health, with emphasis on the economic assessment of health technologies; The Challenges of Health Care Systems in the Future.