- Docente: Beatrice Bertarini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: IUS/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Health Economics and Management (cod. 8880)
Course contents
Introduction: Italian constitution – principles – Right to health.
National health service.
National agencies.
European Union level: principles – Treaty on European Union and Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
European Union agencies.
Relates topic: health – food; health – environment.
Last lectures will be dedicated to the student presentations.
Readings/Bibliography
REPORTS:
OECD/EU (2018), Health at a Glance: Europe 2018: State of Health in the EU Cycle, OECD Publishing, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1787/health_glance_eur-2018-en
State of health in the EU Companion report 2017
OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2017), Italy: Country Health Profile 2017, State of Health in the EU, OECD Publishing, Paris/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264283428-en
European Environment Agency, EEA Air Quality in Europe – 2018 Report; https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/air-quality-in-europe-2018
ARTICLES:
Khedkar, S., Ciliberti, S., & Bröring, S. (2016). The EU health claims regulation: Implications for innovation in the EU food sector. British Food Journal, 118(11), 2647-2665. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-01-2016-0021
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen; Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and health-new concepts, methods and tools to improve health in cities; Environmental Health, 2016, 15 (Suppl 1) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-016-0108-1
Wysokinska, Z. (2016). The "new" environmental policy of the european union: A path to development of a circular economy and mitigation of the negative effects of climate change. Comparative Economic Research, 19(2), 57-73. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cer-2016-0013
Teaching methods
The course will be taught using a wide variety of formats, including lectures, seminars, classroom discussions, and students presentations.
Assessment methods
Oral Exam
The final grade will be based upon:
40% written paper – presentation
40% final exam
20% class participation
Teaching tools
Power point presentations.
Office hours
See the website of Beatrice Bertarini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.