Financing Health Care Organizations
Objectives
At the end of the module, students should: To know the state of the art of hospital financing; To characterize health financing in Portugal: logic, advantages and limitations; To know the trends and developments of hospital financing methods; To apply hospital financial indicators
General characterization
Code
9666
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
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Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 112
Teaching language
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Prerequisites
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Bibliography
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Teaching method
Teaching methods are based on: oral presentation, working groups and individual investigation. The evaluation is based on individual exam (70%) and practical works that includes atendance assessment (30%). The details of the evaluation are presented in the first session of the course. In supplementary or special season the assessment is an exam (100%).
Evaluation method
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Subject matter
1.Concepts and definitions of hospital financing; 2. Units of payment: advantages and limitations; 3. Trends of international hospital financing; 4.Description of health financing in Portugal (Primary care, hospitals, long term care, integrated delivery systems); 5.Costing and pricing for healthcare organizations; 6.Risk adjustment applied to hospital financing; 7.Pay-for-performance, bundled payments and value-based payments; 8.Work group: hospital financial allocation;