- Docente: Rossella Verzulli
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Health Economics and Management (cod. 5902)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Public Policy (cod. 5945)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Health Economics and Management (cod. 6759)
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from Nov 11, 2025 to Dec 10, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is introduced to the principles of health care organization and policy in a comparative perspective. Aim of the course is to understand the evolution and contemporary state of health care systems in different OECD countries. By the end of the course, the student is able to: 1) Identify the key characteristics and components of health care systems. 2) Assess each health care systems strengths and weaknesses 3) Explain the recent health care reform efforts in OECD countries
Course contents
Course contents:
The evolutionary path of OECD health care systems
Main models of health care funding, including the differences between tax based models, SHI-models and models based on voluntary insurance
Models of health care provision
Health care reforms over the last decades
Health policy and politics
Readings/Bibliography
Textbook
Toth, F. (2021). Comparative Health Systems. A New Framework. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures and class discussion.
The course consists of 10 meetings of 180 minutes each.
Assessment methods
Written exam consisting of 5 open questions.
The maximum possible score is 30 cum laude, and the grade is graduated as follows:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Traditional lectures and class discussion.
Office hours
See the website of Rossella Verzulli