37250 - Health Care Planning, Organization and Management

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5906)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will have acquired a solid understanding of the fundamentals of healthcare systems, the planning, organization, and management of care processes in hospital and community settings, and health economics.

Course contents

The Healthcare System: The Evolution of Healthcare Organization in Italy.

 

Corporate Restructuring in Healthcare and Healthcare Delivery Structures.

 

Healthcare Management: Definition and Functions.

 

The Organization of Hospital Care: SDO and the DRG System.

 

The regional network.

 

Case-mix classification systems, the healthcare financing system, and the potential impact on equity in care.

 

Healthcare service evaluation systems.

 

The complexity of planning.

Readings/Bibliography


Assessment methods

In-person oral exam. To have their grade recorded, students must register for a grade recording session.

Office hours

See the website of Lamberto Manzoli