Module Details

Health economy

MS2186

Course
Health economy
Code
MS2186
Academic Year
2024/2025
Curriculum Year
2024/2025
Degree Programme
NURSING AND MIDWIFERY SCIENCES
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Credits
2
Lecture Hours
24
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/07 - Business Administration
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
1
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
NOVARA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
The course aims to develop the following macro-themes:
- business economics: general aspects;
- economic aspects in health care: an economic-business analysis;
- the organizational structure of healthcare companies;
- management planning and control systems.
Reference Texts
Pennini, A., (2015). Modelli organizzativi in ambito ospedaliero. McGrawHill.
- Pennini, A., (2013). Strumenti di management per i ccordinatori delle
professioni sanitarie. McGraw-Hill.
- Maggi, D., (2003). Sistemi di controllo di gestione nelle aziende
sanitarie. Giuffrè editore.
Learning Outcomes
The training objectives can be identified as follows:
1. Knowledge and understanding.
The course aims to provide the student with the terminology and
fundamental methodologies of economic-business disciplines useful for
represent and understand the functioning of healthcare companies.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
The knowledge acquired in business economics will lay the foundations
to develop skills and competences in the student
basic managerial and organizational aspects to be applied in healthcare
companies in relation to the functions performed.
3. Making judgments.
The course will allow the student to develop an autonomy of judgment
and will put the student in a position to express considerations relating to
management facts.
4. Communication skills.
Based on the knowledge acquired, the student will be able to develop
skills
communicative and relational in the context of one's job position.
5. Learning skills.
The study of the discipline will allow the student to understand the
dynamics
business by framing the analysis of the single management moment in the unitary and coordinated vision of corporate events
Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion of cases
Additional Information
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.
Assessment Methods
Written exam
Detailed Syllabus
business economics: general aspects;
- economic aspects in health care: an economic-business analysis;
- the organizational structure of healthcare companies;
- management planning and control systems.
Expected Learning Outcomes
The expected learning outcomes refer to the student's ability to meet the
learning objectives.
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