20495 - HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
Class-group lessons delivered on campus
Health is a critical factor for economic development and it is an essential component of human wellbeing. For instance, in Italy healthcare (and social care) costs count for more than 60% of Regional budgets, the national health system is the second largest employer of civil servants (more than 700.000), and health direct or related activities such as pharmaceutical industries, support services, hospital building firms, technology providers, etc. are the major flying-wheel of local economies. The essential role of health for our wellbeing and the importance of adequate government interventions have been clearly demonstrated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now more than ever we have realized that investing in health and healthcare is essential for our life. The pandemic have also dramatically impacted our economies; in almost all countries GDP is falling and unemployment is on rise Healthcare organizations are the most complex, given their professional nature (more than 70% of employees have or will have a bachelor degree), the use of intensive and high-profile technology, the social impact of their services and the strong ties with the political system. Having in mind that need for young skilled managers, the course provides an overview of the main issues that make the health and social care industries special.
The course provides an international overview of management and policy issues combined with a deep analysis of the Italian context. It includes traditional lectures, videos and case discussions. It is made of three main blocks:
Part A: Governance of health and social care systems
- Introduction: focus on the Covid-19 pandemic
- Health and its determinants
- Funding and institutional arrangements of healthcare and social care systems
- Archetypes of systems: US, UK, Germany and China
- Lessons from the Italian NHS: basic principles, institutional arrangements and reforms; the emergence of regional models
Part B: Foundations of Management in healthcare
- Managerialism in healthcare
- Professional bureocracy: structures, functions and professional dynamics
- The innovation challenge in healthcare
Part C: Trends and perspectives
- Management systems and toolbox for health care organisations
- Emerging managerial roles: controller, operations manager, human resources manager, risk manager, marketing and fund-raising manager, buyer, business planner, etc.
- New business models
Understand the main characteristic of health and healthcare from en economic perspective
Understand the main blocks of healthcare systems
Identify the main features of the healthcare systems of US, UK, Germany, China and Italy
Understand professionalism in healthcare and its implications
Appreciate the genesis and the role of innnovation in healthcare
Be aware of the main trends in healthcare management and policy
Master the main concepts used in the healthcare policy and management literature
Review critically the main features of health systems
Frame arguments in a policy debate
Prepare and deliver a group presentation
- Face-to-face lectures
- Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
- Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
- Group assignments
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The grade is articulated as follows:
- 30% for the group assignment (Quality and clarity of the presentation)
- 10% class discussion
- 60% final written exam (2 questions)
- 100% final written exam (4 questions on the reading material and the content of class lectures)
See the syllabus (readings available on blackboard)