Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa

Module/Subject matter

Module: Labor markets, Economics of Education and Health Economics.

Subject: Health Economics.

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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.

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General proficiencies

Not applicable

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Specific proficiencies

Not applicable

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Learning outcomes

RA02: Analyze economic institutions as the result and application of theoretical or formal representations of how the economy works.

RA03: Explain the functions of economic agents and the role of institutions in economic and social activity at its different territorial levels (from local institutions to international organizations).

RA04: Identify the main instruments of public intervention and relate policy recommendations to economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

RA06: Identify and anticipate relevant economic problems related to resource allocation in general, both in the private and public spheres.

RA09: Identify and recognize relevant sources of economic information and their content.

RA10: Derive relevant information from economic and social data that is difficult for non-professionals to recognize.

RA12: Manage resource allocation effectively, both in the private and public spheres.

RA13: Apply rationality to the analysis and description of any aspect of economic reality.

RA14: Evaluate the consequences of different action alternatives and select the best ones given the objectives.

RA17: Prepare reports and convey ideas on any economic matter, clearly and coherently, to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.

RA18: Work in a team, being able to argue their proposals and validate or reasonably refuse the arguments of others.

RA19: Organize work, in terms of good time management, order, and planning.

RA20: Select and generate the necessary information for each problem, analyze it, and make decisions based on it.

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Methodology

Participative approach, debates, oral presentations, essays, exercises and exams.

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Evaluation

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Agenda

First Part. Health, Health Services and Economy 

Chapter 1. Health and Economy

Chapter 2. The health market

Chapter 3. Health Demand

Chapter 4. Health Supply

Second Part: Health Systems 

Chapter 5. Health Systems and Health System Reforms

Chapter 6: Equity in health and Health Systems in Developing Countries 

Third Part: Economic Evaluation of Health Programs

Chapter 7. Economic Evaluation of Health Programs

Chapter 8. Cost-Utility Analysis and health measurement

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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. 

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.

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Languages

English.

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Location

Campus de Arrosadia.

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