Public Economist and Public Policy Analyst
Function in a professional context:
Public Economists and Public PolicyAnalysts in a professional context:
- Are responsible for designing anddeveloping public policies in light of the principles of economic theory and ofthe empirical evidence of the effects of any measures taken.
- Are responsible for monitoring publicpolicies by collecting and analysing data using statistical and econometricmethods and computer programming techniques.
- Are responsible for the quantitativeassessment of public policies by liaising with and supporting evaluators intheir tasks.
- Are responsible for the impact assessmentand cost-benefit assessment of public policies.
- Draft analytical, project and strategicdocuments on public policies.
- Serve as consultants in regulatedmarkets.
- Support research into the effects ofsocial and economic policies.
- Manage relations with publicadministrations, regulatory authorities, international institutions.
- Act as representatives at national andinternational meetings.
Competencies associated to the function:
The following competencies are associatedwith the activities and tasks that graduates are likely to perform in theframework of their functions:
- Competencies in the theoreticalprinciples of public economics and in cost-benefit analysis.
- Competencies in using statistical andeconometric methods.
- Competencies in using programminglanguages to extract, handle and analyse large databases.
- Competencies in regulated markets and themain areas of public intervention in the market economy.
- Legal competencies in publicadministration and public intervention in the economy.
- Written reporting competencies to thehead of public policy.
- Competencies in oral dissemination of apolicy report.
Employment opportunities:
• International organisations.
• Public and private research institutes.
• Consulting firms.
• Public administration.
• Regulatory authorities.
• Regulated companies.
• Business press.
• Pharmaceutical and health insurancecompanies.
• Health facilities and hospitals.
• Healthcare planning authorities.
• NGOs involved in health cooperationprojects.
• Manufacturers in the pharmaceutical,medical and diagnostic technology, and prosthetic industry.
• Health service providers (hospital,diagnostic, rehabilitation, specialist services).
Health Economist
Function in a professional context:
Health Economists in a professionalcontext:
- Analyse the strategic decisions of organisationsthat operate in the healthcare market, support managers of companies ororganisations that operate in the economic sector of healthcare and socialassistance by helping coordinate the top management, define, plan, manage andcoordinate policies, production strategies and activities.
- Plan and internally monitor the NationalHealth Service administrations, coordinate work in the National Health Serviceoffices, give opinions and make proposals to their managers, implementprojects, administrative activities and procedures, coordinate theirsubordinates' work, check, monitor and support the correct implementation ofnational laws and regulations.
- Plan and internally monitor companiesthat operate in the healthcare markets, research, study and assess theorganisation, planning and definition of administrative procedures and servicesand of quality assurance systems to manage businesses in the healthcareindustry, or apply their knowledge in the area and any existing procedures inorder to provide, implement and enhance them, perform cost analysis to identifycost control methods.
- Analyse health policies and plans,research concepts, theories and methods for analysing and understanding theoperation of the market of health goods and services, to identify solutions toallocation issues and health market failures, plan and support theimplementation of health and sector regulation policies.
Competencies associated to the function:
The following competencies are associatedwith the activities and tasks that graduates are likely to perform in theframework of their functions:
- Specialist competencies in the economic,management, legal, accounting, politological and statistical-quantitativeareas, applied to the health sector.
Employment opportunities:
• International organisations.
• Public and private research institutes.
• Consulting firms.
• Public administration.
• Regulatory authorities.
• Regulated companies.
• Business press.
• Pharmaceutical and health insurancecompanies.
• Health facilities and hospitals.
• Healthcare planning authorities.
• NGOs involved in health cooperationprojects.
• Manufacturers in the pharmaceutical,medical and diagnostic technology, and prosthetic industry.
• Health service providers (hospital,diagnostic, rehabilitation, specialist services).
