The course focuses on the main effects of the health sector's managerial reform process, with particular reference to strategy and resource organization. The course intends to provide skills and tools to identify the main elements of a healthcare delivery system, to understand the main issues and to identify possible pathways of improvement from the point of view of the quality of the organization as well as of the service delivered
Course Prerequisites
No special prerequisites are required. A basic knowledge of the organization of healthcare companies and the National Health Service can facilitate the work path.
Teaching Methods
The course is organized in 16 hours of frontal lessons, during which the contents of the course will be discussed from a theoretical and empirical point of view through the presentation and analysis of case studies. Additional reading will also be provided to deepen and consolidate the knowledge of the topics discussed in the course
Assessment Methods
Exam in written form, with multiple open response questions. Students will be asked to answer theoretical questions and apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of a case study.
Texts
The course does not foresee a reference text. Articles and readings will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Teaching materials will be made available on the teaching page on the UNIPV ELearning platform.
Further reading (non mandatory). The following are suggested:
Bruzzi S., Finanziamento e gestione delle aziende sanitarie, Giuffrè, 1997 (pp 71-95)
Velo, F., “Economia Sanitaria”, in C. Meloni, G. Pelissero (a cura di) Igiene, CEA – Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2007, Cap. 11 (pp. 593-609)
Contents
The course includes the following program. Introduction: The reform of the National Health Service - SSN (outline) and the managerial transformation of Health Care providers 1. Enterprise management a. Strategic management b. Directional management c. Operational management 2. The design of a Management System in health care 3. The Control of Management 4. Cost accounting and cost recognition 5. The Break Even Analysis Model 6. The budget in health care
