ECONOMY AND LAWModule Applied economics
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: MARCO PLATANIAExpected Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of micro and macroeconomics
- Applying knowledge and understanding: knowledge will be applied to the analysis of specific cases and the healthcare context
- Making judgments: the student must be able to understand how the economic market run
- Communication skills: the student must be able to illustrate and demonstrate the conclusions reached with proper language and argumentation
- Learning skills: the student must demonstrate an understanding of the methods of analyzing economic systems
Course Structure
Introducing to Economy
Supply and demand
The markets
health economics: economic evaluation
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Demand and supply
The markets
Some aspects regarding the healthcare economics
Textbook Information
S. Barbuti - G. M. Fara - G. Giammanco et al. (2014), Igiene Medicina Preventiva Sanità Pubblica, Editore: Edises: chapter 4
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I principi base dell'economia | Barbuti et al. (2014): cap. 4 |
| 2 | Domanda e offerta - I mercati | lectures of the teacher |
| 3 | Cenni di economia sanitaria: la valutazione economica | Barbuti et al. (2014): cap. 4 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
In the context of health process evaluation, what does efficiency mean?
What are the main categories of healthcare costs?