Course Unit / Healthcare Systems Organization

Healthcare Systems Organization

Year
3
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
01551010
Subject Area
HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
3.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

All courses taught in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the LFB are important for the understanding of matter taught in class. Students must have English language skills.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures with the participation of students in the analysis and comments to the topics that are being taught.

Learning Outcomes

To understand the notion of healthcare systems, the different models of healthcare systems (Bismarckian and Beveridgian). To understand the portuguese healthcare system.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Healthcare systems evolution. Historical remarks. Concepts, objectives and functions of the healthcare systemts. Healthcare systems models. National healthcare system organization. Primary healthcare in Portugal.

Head Lecturer(s)

Francisco Jorge Batel Marques

Assessment Methods

Avaliação
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde. 30 Anos do Serviço Nacional de Saúde, Um percurso comentado. Livraria Almedina, 2010.