Efficient Health Financing for Universal Coverage
Learn strategies for health priority setting and affordable medicine pricing in this 10-week course.
Learn strategies for health priority setting and affordable medicine pricing in this 10-week course.
Explore key strategies to improve public health spending efficiency and advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in this comprehensive course. Designed for health policy makers, economists, and interested citizens, you'll learn about explicit priority setting in healthcare and methods to achieve affordable medicine prices. Gain insights from over 40 global experts on managing limited resources, designing health benefits plans, and implementing evidence-based decision-making processes. The course covers economic analysis tools, governance principles for legitimacy, and international strategies for affordable medicine pricing. Ideal for those seeking to understand and improve healthcare financing and access.
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What you'll learn
Understand the importance of efficient resource management in healthcare
Recognize the benefits of explicit priority setting in advancing Universal Health Coverage
Learn about health benefits plans as a tool for ensuring coverage of essential services
Explore evidence-based methods for prioritizing health spending, including health technology assessment
Understand the role of good governance in ensuring legitimate and acceptable healthcare decisions
Identify strategies and tools for achieving more affordable prices for medicines
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course addresses the critical challenge of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with limited resources. It is structured into six modules covering key aspects of health financing and priority setting. The curriculum begins with understanding the gap between population needs and available resources, progressing to explicit priority setting tools like health benefits plans. It then delves into evidence-based decision-making methods, including health technology assessment and cost-effectiveness analysis. The course also covers governance principles for legitimate decision-making processes. Finally, it explores strategies for achieving affordable medicine prices, a crucial factor in UHC. Throughout, the course emphasizes practical applications and real-world examples from various countries.
Efficient Management of Health Resources
Module 1
Explicit Priority Setting in Healthcare
Module 2
Health Benefits Plans (HBP)
Module 3
Evidence-Based Priority Setting
Module 4
Governance in Health Priority Setting
Module 5
Strategies for Affordable Medicine Prices
Module 6
Fee Structure
Instructors
Social Sector Manager at the Inter-American Development Bank
Ferdinando Regalia is the Social Sector Manager at the Inter-American Development Bank, having previously served as Chief of the Social Protection and Health Division (SPH). In this role, he oversaw the development of key lending operations and technical assistance projects in social protection, along with comprehensive analytical studies on poverty, social protection, and health. He has led innovative public-private collaboration initiatives, including the Salud Mesoamérica initiative, the Regional Initiative for the Elimination of Malaria in Latin America, and the Early Childhood Development Innovation Fund. With over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing development programs and policies, Ferdinando has also been a Senior Advisor to the Vice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge at the IDB, Chief of Economics and Social Policy at UNICEF South Africa, and a social protection specialist and economist at the World Bank's Network on Economics and Poverty Reduction. There, he conducted research on poverty issues and coordinated technical cooperation through the MECOVI program for improving surveys and measuring living conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has published in indexed journals such as Population Studies, Journal of Development Effectiveness, Economics of Education Review, and Journal of Labor Economics, and has authored book chapters on social protection and results-based financing mechanisms. An Italian national, Ferdinando holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University.
Prof. Katharina Hauck: Advancing Health Economics at Imperial College London
Katharina Hauck is a Professor in Health Economics at the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London and serves as the deputy director of the Jameel Institute. She specializes in the economics of infectious diseases and the economic evaluation of complex public health interventions. Her research interests include the economics of HIV/AIDS, health system strengthening, priority setting, cost-effectiveness analysis, the economic impact of epidemics, and the influence of individual behavior on infectious disease transmission.
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