79067 - REGULATION IN HEALTHCARE MARKETS

Anno Accademico 2020/2021

  • Docente: Matteo Lippi Bruni
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: SECS-P/03
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

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.

Contenuti

  1. Market failures in health care.
    1. Regulating market structure: the normative approach to the health care market.
    2. The political economy of the health care sector.
  2. Provider behavior under different payment mechanisms
  3. Payment systems  in primary care.
  4. Pay for perfomance.
  5. Hospital providers under cost-based reimbursement and prospective payments.
  6. Public and private mix in provision of hospital services.
  7. Third party certification: the role of report cards.
  8. Non price rationing: waiting lists.

Testi/Bibliografia

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

Metodi didattici

Mainly taught class (lezione frontale)

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written Exam

 

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Material available on the e-learning website

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Matteo Lippi Bruni

SDGs

Salute e benessere

L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.