- Docente: Matteo Lippi Bruni
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: English
- Moduli: Matteo Lippi Bruni (Modulo 1) Rossella Verzulli (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
At the end of the course the student is in a position to understand the fundamental microeconomic justifications of public intervention in the economy and to identify potential remedies and their limitations. Teaching practice supports theoretical considerations with an accurate discussion of the major institutional features that characterize the different possible forms of intervention in healthcare markets. At the end of the course, the student is expected to reach a detailed knowledge about: 1) the main reasons lying behind healthcare market and state failures; 2) the trade-offs characterising public intervention in financing and delivery of services; 3) the implications of regulatory policies.
Course contents
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Regulating market structure: the effects of competition on costs, prices and quality
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Provider behavior under cost-based reimbursement and prospective payments
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Public and private mix in provision of hospital services
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Managed care
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Payments systems in primary care
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Intervention of third party certification: the role of report cards and pay for performance compensation
Readings/Bibliography
Textbooks
Selected chapters from:
Glied, S. and Smith P C. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Health Economics, Oxford University Press, 2011.
Pauly, M V., Mcguire T G. and Barros, P P. (eds), Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2, Elsevier, 2012.
Zweifel, P., Breyer, F. and Kifmann, M. (eds),Health Economics, Oxford University Press, 2nded., 2009.
Complementary textbooks:
Jones A M. (ed), The Elgar Companion to Health Economics
Office hours
See the website of Matteo Lippi Bruni
See the website of Rossella Verzulli