ECTS credits ECTS credits: 5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 85 Hours of tutorials: 5 Expository Class: 15 Interactive Classroom: 20 Total: 125
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: External department linked to the degrees, Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
Areas: Área externa M.U en Atención Sanitaria, Gestión y Cuidados, Nursing
Center Faculty of Nursing
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Provide the student to information and economic instruments needed to analyze the economic reality in the analysis of health systems.
This subject is open to the student in understanding, managing and implementing the health field of the main tools of economic analysis.
The program consists of nine themes grouped into three parts. The first is geared to learning and application of basic economic concepts, such as: demand, supply, elasticity, market imperfections and government intervention in the economy (UNITS 1 to 3). The second part focuses on studying the specific characteristics of health care from an economic perspective and the application of economic concepts to the field of health, with special emphasis on features and recent reforms of the Spanish National Health System (UNITS 4 to 8). The agenda closes with a theme dedicated to the study of the main techniques of economic evaluation of health programs and their practical utility (UNITS 9).
I. INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMY
II. ECONOMICS AND HEALTH CARE
III. EVALUATION OF HEALTH PROGRAMS
BASIC:
-Cabiedes, Laura (2003): Evaluación Económica de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Monográfico del III Curso de Actualización en Medicina de Familia y Atención Primaria, SEMERGEN-Asturias.
- Cullis, J. G. y West, P. A. (1984). Introducción a la Economía de la Salud, ed. Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao, pp. 43-52.
- González, Beatriz (2005) : “¿Qué hace la Economía por nuestra salud?”, Economía y Salud, Número Especial, pp. 27-32. Disponible en http://www.aes.es.
- Rodríguez, Marisol (1992): “Corrientes económicas y criterios de equidad en Sanidad”, Revista de Economía, no 12, pp. 55-60.
- Samuelson, P. A. y Nordhaus, W. D. (2002) : Economía. Ed. McGraw-Hill, 17ª edición. Madrid, pp. 3-53.
- Romains, J. (1924): Knock o el triunfo de la medicina, Editorial Bruño, edición en español de 1989, Madrid. Nota: lectura en las clases prácticas.
COMPLEMENTARY
- Drummond, M. F.; Stoddart, G. L. y Torrance, G. W. (1991). Métodos para la evaluación económica de los Programas de Atención de la Salud, ed. Díaz de Santos, Madrid.
- López i Casasnovas, G. y Ortún Rubio, V. (1998). Economía y Salud. Fundamentos y políticas. Ediciones Encuentro, Madrid.
- McGuire, A.; Henderson, J. y Mooney, G. (1988). The Economics of Health Care, Ed. Routledge (reimpresión de 1992).
- Mooney, G. (1994). Key Issues in Health Economics. Ed. Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1a edición.
- Ortún, V. (1992). La Economía en Sanidad y Medicina: Instrumentos y Limitaciones, ed. La Llar del Llibre, Barcelona.
SPECIFIC:
• Apply basic economic concepts to the health sector.
• Understand, manage and implement the health sector the main tools of economic analysis.
• Identify the professional context the concepts and phenomena discussed in health economics, from an economic perspective to interpret and apply the acquired knowledge to solve problems.
• Analyze and compare different models of health care, with particular reference to the Spanish system in relation to other health systems in the EU and USA.
• To explore the ethical implications of the management of health resources.
• Apply the main economic evaluation techniques to support decision making in health.
BASIC AND GENERALS
CG02 - Ability to collect data of health interest, analyze and transmit them effectively
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of
ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in environments
new or little known within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on
information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the
application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the ultimate knowledge and reasons that support them to the public
specialized and non-specialized in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that will allow them to continue studying in a way that will
be largely self-directed or autonomous.
RANSVERSAL
CT01 - Ability to take action with a team spirit
CT02 - Ethical and intellectual commitment
-Lectures and interactive teaching will be face-to-face.
-Tutorials can be carried out partially virtually.
-Oral presentation, use of videos, presentations through projections.
Work in seminars through group dynamics for the discussion of scientific articles, review of protocols, analysis of
statistics and case resolution
-Resolution of personalized doubts through tutorials.
The evaluation and continues by means of the discussion of cases, the realization of works in group and / or individual.
Final test: short question exam, test, etc.
Course ECTs load: 5 credits equivalent to 125 hours of student work distributed as follows:
Lectures: 15 hours
Interactive teaching: 20 hours
Tutorials: 5 hours
Personal work and other activities: 85 hours
Attendance at narrative and interactive sessions is essential for monitoring and overcoming of the subject. Students must perform all the activities recommended by the faculty (problem solving, literature review and practical exercises) for successfully completing the field.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
The delivery of works in digital format will be promoted. If a printed work is requested for the subject, either individual or group, the following indications will be taken into account:
- Avoid plastic caps or other unnecessary outer wraps.
- Whenever possible, use staples instead of spirals.
- "Ink-saving" quality double-sided printing.
- Do not use blank sheets as chapter or part dividers.
- Avoid annexes that do not have direct reference to the topics covered in the papers.
For more information see: https://www.usc.gal/es/usc/institucional/desarrollo-sostenible
GENDER PERSPECTIVE
In view of the criteria of gender equality in the university environment, it is recommended to use non-sexist language both in daily classroom work and in requested academic work. The information can be obtained at the following link:
http://www.usc.es/export/sites/default/gl/servizos/oix/descargas/lingua…
Other measures will also be used to apply the gender approach in teaching, such as the recognition and consideration of the particular situations of students, the promotion of an egalitarian climate of interactions, the egalitarian organization of groups whenever possible, the deployment of scientific contributions and techniques. of women in the subject and of the students themselves, and the introduction of gender as a category of analysis of students' work.
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
The regulations on privacy and protection of personal data available at https://www.usc.gal/gl/normativa/protecciondatos/index.html will be followed.
MOBILE PHONE USE
The use of the mobile phone in the classroom is restricted to its use as a work tool, following the instructions given by the teacher, holding the student responsible for the legal and academic consequences that may arise from improper use of it.
Emilio Ruben Pego Perez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
- Area
- Nursing
- Phone
- 881812053
- emilioruben.pego [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Intern Assistant LOSU
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