Master of Science in Health Economics

First-year

First semester

• Health economics and policy
• Hygiene and epidemiology
• Statistics for Health Economics
• Stata laboratory

Second semester

• Health econometrics
• Management of public and private health companies
• Public finance of health systems
• Regulations of health services and pharmaceutical markets

Second year

First semester

• Globalization health and economic development
• Performance evaluation
• Pharmaeconomics and economics of the biopharmaceutical industry

Second semester

• At the student's choice
• Further knowledge for placement on the job market
• Dissertation

Learning outcomes

The master's degree course in HEALTH ECONOMICS completely taught in English trains specialists with advanced knowledge for the analysis of economic choices in the healthcare sector, taking into account the functioning of the markets and the choices of the agents who operate on them. The preparation of the master's graduate in Health Economics provides the tools for theoretical analysis (for example the political economy of health, the analysis of the costs and benefits of certain economic policy choices in the public health sector), empirical analysis (for example the knowledge statistics and econometrics necessary to evaluate public policies) and managerial specific to the Health and Care sector.

This preparation allows Master's graduates in Health Economics to move easily on the job market while simultaneously having an overall view of the economic reality in which decisions are made and a specific vision of the healthcare sector including individual national or supranational institutions (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Ministries, WHO) or public or private companies in which the choices are made.

The training course involves the consolidation and deepening of knowledge of Political Economy, Public Economy, and Economic Policy with specific application to the healthcare and pharmaceutical fields, with the necessary support of both quantitative methodologies and legal, economic-business, and demographic disciplines and medical. Particular relevance in the study program will include subjects such as Health Economics and Policy, Evaluation of Healthcare Programmes, Regulation of Health Services and the Pharmaceutical Sector; Management and Organization of Companies Operating in the Healthcare Sector, Role of ICT in the Healthcare Sector, and finally, notions of Hygiene and Epidemiology. In this way, the master's degree course in Healthcare Economics aims to provide a solid knowledge of the analysis schemes of economic choices in the healthcare sector, supported by appropriate competence in the use of quantitative, managerial, and legal analysis tools.

It is aimed at training managerial figures in public or private organizations in the healthcare world. The training may include, in addition to course attendance, internship activities in public administrations, private companies, and international organizations; Seminars and workshops are also structurally foreseen in the study program.

• Public and private research bodies
• Government agencies and regulatory authorities operating in the healthcare sectors and markets
• Regional health commissions and regulatory and planning bodies
• Insurance companies operating in the healthcare sector
• Non-governmental organizations operating in cooperation projects medical and healthcare
• International organizations
• Universities
• Ministries and other bodies responsible for healthcare planning.