Public Health, Planning, Management and Health Economics — Treaty on Administrative and Health Specialization

Public Health and Epidemiology · Clinical Bases

How it begins

A scientific and senior management compendium intended for specialists, epidemiologists and health service managers. It addresses with mathematical rigor and critical analysis the design of public policies, epidemiological control, clinical management based on evidence, macroeconomic financing models, and complex methodologies for technology evaluation and cost-utility analysis.

What it covers

1. Historical Evolution, Public Health Paradigms and Determinants of Health
2. Health Demography and Advanced Biostatistics for Managers
3. · Demographic Structure and Population Pyramids
4. · Mathematics of Life Tables
5. · Standardization or Rate Adjustment Techniques
6. Epidemiological Surveillance and Health Monitoring Systems
7. · Mathematics of the Evaluation of Screening and Diagnostic Tests
8. Analytical Epidemiology, Causality in Collective Health and Bias Control
9. · Effect Estimators and Association Measures
10. · Systematic Error Control: Biases and Confusion
11. Theoretical Foundations of Health Planning
12. Community Health Diagnosis and Problem Prioritization
13. · Hanlon Prioritization Method
14. Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Health Programs
15. · Temporal Operational Planning: PERT and Gantt Diagrams
16. · Structure of Donabedian Quality Indicators
17. Health Services and Territorial Planning Portfolios
18. · The Classic Territorial Structure of Public Systems
19. · Complexity and Service Portfolios
20. Comparative Health Systems Organizational Models
21. Governance, Strategic Management and the Balanced Scorecard
22. Process Management and Reengineering of Healthcare Services (Lean and Six Sigma)
23. · Lean Healthcare Methodology
24. · Six Sigma Methodology
25. Clinical Management and Clinical Governance
26. · Curbing Variability in Clinical Practice
27. Quality Care Frameworks: Structure, Process and Result
28. · The Dimensions of Quality (WHO Structure)
29. · Health Services Certification and Accreditation Frameworks
30. Patient Safety, Risk Management and FMEA
31. · FMEA Methodology (Failure Modal and Effects Analysis)
32. · Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
33. Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Guideline Implementation
34. Introduction to Health Economics and Analytical Instruments
35. · Market Failures in the Healthcare Sector
36. Financing of Health Systems: Macroeconomic Models
37. · Mathematics of Financing Equity: The Kakwani Index
38. Payment Systems for Healthcare Providers and the Mechanics of DRGs
39. · Mechanics of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG)
40. Methodological Foundations of Economic Evaluation
41. · The Analysis Perspective
42. · Rigorous Classification of Costs
43. · Mathematics of Financial and Clinical Discounting
44. Cost-Minimization Analysis (CMA) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
45. · 1. Cost Minimization Analysis (CMA)
46. · 2. Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
47. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) and Cost-Utility Analysis (CUA)
48. · 1. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
49. · 2. Cost-Utility Analysis (CUA)
50. · The Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER / ICER)
51. Modeling in Economic Evaluation and Sensation Analysis
52. · 1. Decision Trees
53. · 2. Markov State Transition Simulation Models
54. · Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Control
55. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Divestment Processes
56. · Systematic Health Divestment Methodology
57. Regulation of the Pharmaceutical Market and Medical Technologies
58. · Medicine Pricing Systems
59. · Risk Sharing Agreements / Managed Access Schemes (MEAs)
60. Decisional Algorithm for the Prioritization and Incorporation of New Technologies