Pharmacy Utilization Analysis in Portugal
Objectives
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit
At the end the students will / should be able to:
Understand the interrelationships at different stages of the product cycle, to identify the role of different actors and understand the effect of policies on drug use;
Understand the role of various professionals in the use of medications, within a framework that ensures its effectiveness and patient safety, according to national and international guidelines;
Understand the financing system of medicines and management of the system of reference prices applied to the use of generic drugs;
Analyze the effective use of medicines in Portugal and outpatient hospital care;
Understand the tools of analysis for economic evaluation of medicines.
General characterization
Code
9513
Credits
4.0
Responsible teacher
Ana Maria Escoval, Francisco Ventura Ramos
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 26
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Requirements for frequency
No requeriments.
Bibliography
Bibliography
APIFARMA - Política de acesso ao medicamento em Portugal. Lisboa: Apifarma, Janeiro 2013.
DELOITTE. APIFARMA – Relatório: Caracterização das falhas de abastecimento no mercado farmacêutico nacional: atualização 2013. Lisboa: Deloitte, 2013.
INFARMED - Relatório “Monitorização do Mercado de Medicamentos em Ambulatório”. Lisboa: Infarmed, Janeiro 2014.
OECD - Health at a glance 2012: OECD indicators. [Em linha]. Paris: OECD Publishing. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2013. [Consult. 17.03.2014]. Disponível em http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Health-at-a-Glance-2013.pdf
THINK TANK INOVAR SAÚDE - Pensar a saúde: promover e disponibilizar a inovação aos cidadãos. Lisboa: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Dezembro 2013.
Teaching method
Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)
Theoretical sessions;
Seminars (critical analysis and discussion of case studies);
Group work presentation and discussion.
Evaluation:
Punctuality and attendance (5%)
Participation (10%)
Individual test with 10 multiple choice questions (35%)
Group work (50%)
Evaluation method
Available soon
Subject matter
Syllabus
Sessions 1 and 2
- Introduction to Curriculum Module
- The cycle of medicament
Sessions 3 and 4
- Health Technologies evaluation
Sessions 5 and 6
§ Analysis of Access to Therapeutic Innovation
Sessions 7 and 8
- Drug policies analysis and health system organization
Sessions 9 and 10
- Pharmacovigilance and drug safety
Sessions 11 and 12
- Evaluation
Sessions 13 and 14
- Seminar
Programs
Programs where the course is taught:
- Hospital Administration
- Health Economics
- Epidemiology
- Dynamics of Health and Welfare
- Health Manegment
- Medicina do Trabalho
- Occupational Medicine
- Policy Management and Health Administration
- Continuing education program
- Health Promotion
- Health Promotion
- Environmental and Occupacional Health
- Saúde, Higiene e Segurança do Trabalho
- Public Health
- Public Health
- Global Public Health