Health Professions of Technical Sciences (diagnostic)

Course Outline: Health Microeconomics  Principles of microeconomics applied to the health sector.  Characteristics of health markets.  Theory of supply and demand for health and health services.  Models such as the Grossman model.  Health insurance: mechanisms and issues. Macroeconomics and health policy  Public intervention in health systems.  Analysis and comparison of health systems at the international level.  Public financing and spending on health.  Economic aspects related to population aging and challenges such as pandemics (e.g., COVID-19). Economic evaluation and healthcare management  Economic evaluation techniques for health projects (Health Technology Assessment).  Measuring the efficiency of health service providers.  Techniques for measuring equity in health.  Management and organization of healthcare businesses and services. Analysis of the healthcare context  Population health status and its determinants.  Analysis of the Italian National Health Service (SSN): history, structure, and prospects.  The role of ICT and specific legal aspects of the healthcare sector.

Slides that will be distributed to students at the end of each lesson