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Course 2014-2015 a.y.

20496 - HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKET ACCESS


CLMG - M - IM - MM - AFC - CLAPI - CLEFIN-FINANCE - CLELI - ACME - DES-ESS - EMIT
Department of Social and Political Sciences

Course taught in English


Go to class group/s: 31

CLMG (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - M (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - IM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - MM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - AFC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - CLAPI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - CLEFIN-FINANCE (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - CLELI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - ACME (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - DES-ESS (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07) - EMIT (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/07)
Course Director:
ALEKSANDRA TORBICA

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: ALEKSANDRA TORBICA


Course Objectives

Technological innovations is one of the key determinants of better health. The pace of technological innovation in healthcare is becoming faster and faster and its economic sustainability is threatened. Healthcare systems need to adopt principles and instruments aimed at allocating scarce resources so to guarantee the best care to patients from one side and long-term economic sustainability from the other side. This course aims at developing knowledge and instruments to assess health technologies in order to support the decision making and the priority setting processes by adopting the perspectives of public policy-makers, providers (e.g. hospitals, clinicians) and manufacturers (e.g. pharmaceutical and medical technologies companies). During the course, students understand innovation processes in the pharmaceutical/medical device industry, the impact of medical technologies on healthcare systems and organizations, how the relevant markets are regulated and how companies work to market their products.


Course Content Summary

The course covers the following topics by adopting a national and international perspective:

  • principles to efficiently allocate scarce resources in healthcare.
  • Definitions of technological innovation in healthcare and key features of different technologies (e.g. drugs, devices).
  • Principles of economic evaluation analysis of health technologies.
  • Comparative economic instruments to support the health related decision making process in health and healthcare.
  • Health Technology Assessment.
  • The industry of health technologies.
  • Regulation systems of health technologies.
  • Procurement processes of health technologies.
  • Financing systems for health technologies.
  • Market Access.

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

For attending students

The assessment will be carried out as follows:
  • 2 individual assignment (40%);
  • final oral exam (60%).

The attending method is valid for the three exam sessions of the A.Y. 2014/2015.

 

For non attending students

Oral exam.

Textbooks
  • M.F. DRUMMOND, B. O'BRIEN, G. STODDART, et al., Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes, Oxford Medical Publication, 2005.
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

Prerequisites

The course does not have any specific requirements although the Health Management course at the first semester may help students to gain a broad perspective about the healthcare sector.

Last change 19/06/2014 10:57
 

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