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Hospital financing and financial analysis

Objectives

At the end of the module, students should:
To know the state of the art of healthcare financing organizations;
Identify and analyze healthcare financing methods;
Understand hospital financing in Portugal: logic, advantages and limitations.

General characterization

Code

9266

Credits

5.0

Responsible teacher

Available soon

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 40

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Graduation

Bibliography

Anderson GF. Payment reform in the United States. Health Policy.1986;6(4):
321-328.
Ash A, Ellis R. Risk-adjusted payment and performance assessment for Primary
Care. Medical Care. 2012;50(8):643-653
Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. Reimbursing physicians and hospitals.
JAMA.1994;272(12):971-977.
Costa C. Financiamento de Serviços de Saúde – A definição de preços. Revista
Portuguesa de Saúde Pública.1990;8(2):65-72.
Sutton M, Nikolova S, Boaden R et al. - Reduced Mortality with Hospital Pay for
Performance in England. The New England Journal of Medicine.2012;367:1821-
1828.

Teaching method

Teaching methods are based on: oral presentation, working groups and
individual investigation. The evaluation is based on individual work (70%) and
a group work (30%). The details of the evaluation are presented in the first
session of the course.

Evaluation method

Available soon

Subject matter

Concepts and definitions of healthcare financing.
Recent trends in hospital financing (Primary care, hospitals, long term care,
integrated delivery systems)
Hospital Financing - The state of the art.
Costing and pricing for healthcare organizations.
The hospital financing: complexity and severity.
Capitation and risk adjustment.
Indicators of financial analysis.