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. 2

Prospects Our students will develop: oknowledge of disciplines that are keys in the understanding of decision-making in healthcare; ounderstanding of main options in the management, policy, planning and financing of healthcare services; oability to use disciplines in formulating, implementing and evaluating healthcare decisions, policies and plans; olong-run orientation in problem analysis; ointernational view on solutions and best practices. 3

4 Unibo-HEM academic calendar

The learning plan Learning activities are organized according to the following plan for 120 ECTS credits in total. HEM is a full-time program and attendance is required. 5 1° semester2° semester3° semester4° semester Fundamentals Economics Management Governance Law Quantitative Specialization Regulation in healthcare markets Specialization Evaluation of healthcare policies Thesis + further specialization: - Seminars - Internship

1° semester: September 17 – December 22 6 courseteacherects Fundamentals in Healthcare Management Laura Mariani 6 Fundamentals in Health EconomicsDaniele Fabbri5 Statistics for HealthcareMario Mazzocchi4 EconometricsDavide Raggi6 Health Systems Federico Toth 4 Iternational Law&Health Francesco Paolucci / Rosa Castro 5

2° semester: February 16 – May 15 7 courseteacherects Regulation in Healthcare markets Matteo Lippi Bruni 6 Health EconomicsDaniele Fabbri6 Legal issues in Pharmaceutical and Insurance markets Alberto De Pra / 6 Claudia Desogus Healthcare OrganizationFrancesco Taroni6 Accounting in Healthcare Emanuele Padovani 6 A CRASH course in Accounting will be offered in FEBRUARY 2015

courseteacherects Lifestyles and Health OutcomesDavide Dragone6 Planning&evaluation of health prom. progr.Mario Mazzocchi6 Health EconometricsChiara Monfardini6 Health Economics&Policy in LMDI countries Fabrizio Tediosi / Silvana Robone 6 Globalization and HealthAngelo Stefanini 6 Management Systems in HCPietro Micheli 6 3° semester: September – December

Third and fourth semesters fourth semester THESIS 18 Earn 8 ECTS from these: Workshop: Building empirical case studies in health economics 3rd semester3 Workshop: The labor market for HEM graduates4th semester3 Competition in healthcare markets4th semester5 Internshipfrom 2nd semester8 Earn 4 ECTS from these: Internship for thesis development 4th semester4 Seminars in Health Economics and Policy 4th semester4 9

10 Teaching assistants There will be 3 TAs this year: Economics Paolo Barbieri Statistics&Econometrics Babak Jahanshahi Management Abduljabbar Omar Alsaleh

11 Internships HEM students can do their curricular internship starting from the 2 nd semester of their 1 st 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.

12 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 2 nd 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 2 nd year. Advising The overall process is coordinated by prof. Mario Mazzocchi. Guidelines sent to you in due time.

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: Office: 1° floor, Piazza Scaravilli 1 13

Double Degree (DD) opportunities  Agreements with the following academic partners allow our students to earn a DD also at: othe Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) othe Institute of Health Management and Health Economics - University of Oslo (UiO). othe Institute of Health Policy & Management – Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) (from AY )  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. 14

The DD tracks 15 TRACK2° semester Specialization 3° semester Specialization 4° semester Thesis HEALTH INSURANCE & FINANCING Bologna Regulation in healthcare mkts Innsbruck Leadership and 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

The DD tracks 16 TRACK2° semester Specialization 3° semester Specialization 4° semester Thesis ECONOMIC EVALUATION in HC Rotterdam Health Technology Assessment Oslo Economic Evaluation Oslo DECISION MAKING in HC Rotterdam Health Technology Assessment Innsbruck Leadership and decision-making Bologna or Innsbruck GLOBAL HEALTH Rotterdam Global Health Bologna Evaluation of hc policies Bologna

Classes in previous editions  : 16 students (9 from Italy)  : 21 students (10 Italy)  : 26 (presumably) (13 from Italy)  Class composition is truly international 17

We hope you will enjoy you experience with HEM Let’s have a coffee now…. 18