94484 - LAW AND ECONOMICS IN HEALTHCARE

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Moduli: Vincenzo Denicolò (Modulo 1) Daniela Iorio (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)

Learning outcomes

This course focuses on the economic and legal aspects of healthcare insurance markets mainly in developed countries. At the end of the course the student understands the fundamental economic and legal arguments for regulatory intervention in healthcare financing and insurance markets. The course also provides students with case-studies regarding the practice of health insurance in various European countries and the US. Teaching combines conceptual and theoretical considerations with applied country-based cases. At the end of the course, the student is expected to reach a detailed knowledge about: 1) the main economic and legal rationales lying behind healthcare financing and insurance markets; 2) the role, limitations and potential solutions of regulatory intervention in healthcare (e.g. including aged and long term care insurance) markets; 3) European countries and US health insurance design and regulatory frameworks.

Course contents

The module will deal with the regulation of pharmaceutical markets; in particular, it will cover three topics:

1. Intellectual property and incentives for the invention of new drugs

2. The regulation of pharmaceutical prices

3. Safety regulation in pharmaceuticals

Readings/Bibliography

Suzanne Scotchmer, Innovation and Incentives, MIT Press

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Written exam

The mark scale is as follows:

<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 excellent
30 e lode distinction

Teaching tools

Additional teaching material (lecture slides, further readings etc.) will be circulated during the lectures

Office hours

See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò

See the website of Daniela Iorio