curriculum
HEALTH ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT
HEM
Kick-off Meeting 2014
HEM: Aims and scope
HEM:
 is a track of EPELM, LM in Economic Policy.
 is based in the Department of Economics and the
School of Economics, Management and Statistics.
 offers the opportunity to have close contacts with
researchers in the field of health economics, health
policy, healthcare management, health law based in
several others leading departments of the University
of Bologna.
 aims to form a far-sighted and socially responsible
healthcare management professional working either
in private or in public environments.
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Prospects
Our students will develop:
o knowledge of disciplines that are keys in the
understanding of decision-making in healthcare;
o understanding of main options in the
management, policy, planning and financing of
healthcare services;
o ability to use disciplines in formulating,
implementing and evaluating healthcare decisions,
policies and plans;
o long-run orientation in problem analysis;
o international view on solutions and best practices.
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Unibo-HEM academic calendar
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The learning plan
Learning activities are organized according to the following
plan for 120 ECTS credits in total.
1° semester
2° semester
3° semester
4° semester
Fundamentals
Specialization
Specialization
Thesis
•Economics
•Management
•Governance
•Law
•Quantitative
Regulation in
healthcare
markets
Evaluation of
healthcare
policies
+ further
specialization:
- Seminars
- Internship
HEM is a full-time program and attendance is required.
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1° semester: September 17 – December 22
course
teacher
Fundamentals in Healthcare Management Laura Mariani
ects
6
Fundamentals in Health Economics
Daniele Fabbri
5
Statistics for Healthcare
Econometrics
Mario Mazzocchi
Davide Raggi
4
6
Health Systems
Federico Toth
Francesco Paolucci /
Rosa Castro
4
Iternational Law&Health
5
6
2° semester: February 16 – May 15
course
Regulation in Healthcare markets
teacher
ects
6
Health Economics
Matteo Lippi Bruni
Daniele Fabbri
Legal issues in Pharmaceutical and
Insurance markets
Alberto De Pra /
Claudia Desogus
6
Healthcare Organization
Francesco Taroni
6
Accounting in Healthcare
Emanuele Padovani
6
6
A CRASH course in Accounting will be offered in FEBRUARY 2015
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3° semester: September – December
course
teacher
Lifestyles and Health Outcomes
Planning&evaluation of health prom. progr.
Davide Dragone
Mario Mazzocchi
Health Econometrics
ects
6
6
Chiara Monfardini
Fabrizio Tediosi /
Health Economics&Policy in LMDI countries
Silvana Robone
6
Globalization and Health
Management Systems in HC
6
6
Angelo Stefanini
Pietro Micheli
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Third and fourth semesters
fourth semester
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THESIS
Earn 8 ECTS from these:
Workshop: Building empirical case studies in
health economics
Workshop: The labor market for HEM graduates
Competition in healthcare markets
Internship
Earn 4 ECTS from these:
Internship for thesis development
Seminars in Health Economics and Policy
3rd semester
3
4th semester
4th semester
from 2nd semester
3
5
8
4th semester
4th semester
4
4
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Teaching assistants
There will be 3 TAs this year:
Economics
Paolo Barbieri
Statistics&Econometrics
Babak Jahanshahi
Management
Abduljabbar Omar Alsaleh
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Internships
HEM students can do their curricular internship starting
from the 2nd semester of their 1st year and during their
second year.
Students dedicate 480 working hours (3 full-time months)
to the internship and upon its completion they are granted
8 ECTS.
Advising
Developing a good internship is a matter of
matching students with employers.
The overall process is coordinated by prof. Matteo
Lippi Bruni.
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Master Thesis
A thesis should consist of an extended paper
containing either a critical\systematic survey of
the literature or an original contribution to it.
Project&Supervisors
In the 2nd year students develops a project and
“choose” supervisors who oversee the preparation
of their final dissertation. A project should be
handed in by the end of October 2nd year.
Advising
The overall process is coordinated by prof. Mario
Mazzocchi. Guidelines sent to you in due time.
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Administrative tutor
Antonella Valva is still the reference person for
any issue concerning your academic experience
with HEM.
A new administrative tutor dedicated to HEM will
be appointed by the end of September.
Contacts:
E-mail: [email protected]
Office: 1° floor, Piazza Scaravilli 1
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Double Degree (DD) opportunities
 Agreements with the following academic partners
allow our students to earn a DD also at:
o the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI)
o the Institute of Health Management and Health
Economics - University of Oslo (UiO).
o the Institute of Health Policy & Management – Erasmus
University Rotterdam (EUR) (from AY 2013-14)
 Limited number of seats available. We allocate them
using your admission grade + proficiency in English +
motivation letter.
 A call for application will be published soon.
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The DD tracks
2° semester
3° semester
Specialization Specialization
4° semester
Thesis
HEALTH
INSURANCE &
FINANCING
Bologna
Innsbruck
Regulation in
Leadership and
healthcare mkts decision-making
Bologna or
Innsbruck
MANGEMENT
OF HC
INSTITUTIONS
Oslo
Hospital
management
Innsbruck
Leadership and
decision-making
Oslo
HEALTH
ECONOMICS
Oslo
Health
Economics
Bologna
Evaluation of
healthcare
policies
Oslo
TRACK
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The DD tracks
TRACK
2° semester
Specialization
3° semester
Specialization
ECONOMIC
EVALUATION in
HC
Rotterdam
Health
Technology
Assessment
Oslo
Economic
Evaluation
DECISION
MAKING in HC
Rotterdam
Health
Technology
Assessment
Innsbruck
Leadership and
decision-making
Rotterdam
Global Health
Bologna
Evaluation of hc
policies
GLOBAL HEALTH
4° semester
Thesis
Oslo
Bologna or
Innsbruck
Bologna
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Classes in previous editions
 2012-13: 16 students (9 from Italy)
 2013-14: 21 students (10 Italy)
 2014-15: 26 (presumably) (13 from Italy)
 Class composition is truly international
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We hope you will enjoy you
experience with HEM
Let’s have a coffee now….
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