Name: HEALTH ECONOMICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE HEALTH SERVICES
Code: 510109016
Type: Elective
ECTS: 4.5
Length of subject: Per term
Semester and course: 4th Year - First term
Speciality:
Language: English
Mode of study: On-site class
Lecturer data: LÓPEZ NICOLÁS, ÁNGEL
Knowledge area: Economía Aplicada
Department: Economía, Contabilidad y Finanzas
Telephone: 968325484
Email: angel.lopez@upct.es
Office hours and location:
Qualifications/Degrees:
Academic rank in UPCT: Catedrático de Universidad
Number of five-year periods: 6
Number of six-year periods: 5 de investigación y 1 de transferencia
Curriculum Vitae: Full Profile
[CB4 ]. Students are required to transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized audience.
[CG1 ]. To analyze and learn about the economic-financial environment relevant to companies and society, identifying the main sources of information.
[CG9 ]. To communicate orally and in writing in English.
La competencia específica asociada a esta asignatura optativa es: "Describir los retos a los que se enfrenta la sociedad en el ámbito de la producción y consumo de servicios sanitarios".
Se programarán actividades o docencia en inglés con objeto de evaluar un nivel mínimo de habilidades y destrezas del estudiante en el uso hablado y escrito del inglés.
[CT1 ]. Spoken and written effective communication
1. Describir el funcionamiento de los mercados de aseguramiento sanitario
2. Describir la tipología de sistemas de salud
3. Describir las características básicas del Sistema Nacional de Salud español
4. Describir el funcionamiento de los mercados farmacéuticos
5. Interpretar estudios de evaluación económica de tecnologías sanitarias
6. Realizar aportaciones orales y escritas de cierta envergadura académica, con fluidez y corrección lingüística, amenidad expositiva y persuasión comunicativa
Se comienza con un análisis del aseguramiento médico para a continuación pasar a discutir los diferentes sistemas de salud en las sociedades de nuestro entorno, con énfasis en el Sistema Nacional de Salud español. A continuación se analiza el comportamiento de los profesionales del sector y de la industria farmacéutica. Finalmente se introducen los elementos básicos de la evaluación económica de las tecnologías sanitarias.
Health insurance and health care systems
1) Introduction: What does Economics of Health and the Health Care Sector study?
2) Health insurance.
3) Health care systems. The Spanish National Health System
4) Human resources in the health care sector: The behavior of doctors
5) The pharmaceutical industry
Economic Evaluation in Health Care
6) Cost benefit analysis in health care
7) Measuring health related quality of life
Health insurance and health care systems
1) Introduction: What does Economics of Health and the Health Care Sector study? 2) Health insurance. 3) Health care systems. The Spanish National Health System 4) Human resources in the health care sector: The behavior of doctors 5) The pharmaceutical industry
Economic Evaluation in Health Care
6) Cost benefit analysis in health care 7) Measuring health related quality of life
Promoting the continuous improvement of working and study conditions of the entire university community is one the basic principles and goals of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Such commitment to prevention and the responsibilities arising from it concern all realms of the university: governing bodies, management team, teaching and research staff, administrative and service staff and students. The UPCT Service of Occupational Hazards (Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales de la UPCT) has published a "Risk Prevention Manual for new students" (Manual de acogida al estudiante en materia de prevención de riesgos), which may be downloaded from the e-learning platform ("Aula Virtual"), with instructions and recommendations on how to act properly, from the point of view of prevention (safety, ergonomics, etc.), when developing any type of activity at the University. You will also find recommendations on how to proceed in an emergency or if an incident occurs. Particularly when carrying out training practices in laboratories, workshops or field work, you must follow all your teacher's instructions, because he/she is the person responsible for your safety and health during practice performance. Feel free to ask any questions you may have and do not put your safety or that of your classmates at risk.
Class in conventional classroom: theory, problems, case studies, seminars, etc
Instructor-guided lectures introducing and discussing the concepts that form the core of the syllabus.
All competences except CG9 and CT1
All learning results except number 6
Instructor-guided debate session where students discuss a set of previously assigned questions.
All competences and all learning results.
43
100
Class in laboratory: practical classes / internships
Description not applicable as there are no lab classes
0
100
Class in the field or open classroom (technical visits, lectures, etc.). In general, activities that require special resources or planning
Description not applicable as there are no field classes
0
100
Class in a computer classroom: practical classes / internships
Description not applicable as there are no computer classes
0
100
Assessment activities (continuous assessment system)
Exam type activities aimed at assessing the performance of students.
All competences and all learning results.
2
100
Assessment activities (final assessment system)
Exam type activities aimed at assessing the performance of students.
All competences and all learning results.
2
100
Tutorials
Individualized assistance with the preparation of evaluative activities.
All competences and all learning results.
1
50
Student work: study or individual or group work
Autonomous work of students.
All competences and all learning results.
64.5
0
Spoken or written exams
Multiple choice test with a maximum of 20 three-choice questions with one correct choice per question.
All competences and all learning results.
30 %
Participation and involvement in the teaching-learning process
Preparation and participation in the activities scheduled for the practical sessions.
Minimum required score: 3 out of 10 points.
All competences and all learning results.
30 %
Evaluation of assignments and reports on practical sessions (final product, follow-up and contribution in the case of group work)
Preparatin, presentation in class and timely submission of a report of no more than 4000 words on a question assigned by the instructor to students individually.
Minimum required score: 3 out of 10 points.
All competences and all learning results.
40 %
Spoken or written exams
Written exam structured in three parts.
1) The first part is a multiple choice test, corresponding with the multiple test in the continuous evaluation system, with a maximum of 20 three-choice questions of which only one is correct. This part accounts for 30% of the marks of the evaluation.
All competences and all learning results.
2) The second part of the exam, corresponding with the evaluative activities scheduled for the practical sessions, consist of 3 short-answer type questions. This part of the exam accounts for 30 % of the marks of the evaluation.
Minimum required score: 3 out of 10 points.
All competences and all learning results.
3) The third part of the exam, corresponding with the report activity in the continuous assessment system, consists of 2 essay-type questions. It accounts for 40% of the marks of the evaluation.
All competences and all learning results.
100 %
Author: Gruber, Jonathan
Title: Public finance and public policy
Editorial: Worth
Publication Date: 2019
ISBN: 1319254748
The instructor will make available to students the material corresponding to each of the themes of the program through the page of the subject in the Aula Virtual platform.