Università Roma Tre

1. The basic economic tools for the study of welfare and health models
• Fundamental principles of the economy and tools for study
• What is health economics
• The way economists think

2. Health, efficiency and competitive markets
• How to study health economics
• The characteristics of the health services market
• Deviations from the competitive model in the health sector: market failures.
• Public intervention on health markets, social security systems and regulation
• Health protection and health policies

3. The economic relevance of the health sector
• System of health accounts
• Criteria for the allocation of the national health fund to the regions
• Health expenditure by financing scheme
• Health expenditure for assistance function
• Health expenditure per dispenser
• Comparisons between European countries on the amount and structure of health expenditure

Teaching material distributed in the classroom or available on e-learning.