What to Finance in Health and at What Price?

Course Description

"What to Finance in Health and at What Price?" is an innovative and comprehensive course designed to address the critical challenge of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the face of limited resources. Presented by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through its Criteria Network, in collaboration with the Center for Global Development (CGD), this course offers invaluable insights into the strategies and tools needed to improve public health spending efficiency and move towards UHC.

What You'll Learn

  • The economic and social benefits of implementing explicit priority setting mechanisms in health
  • Interventions that help obtain more affordable prices for medicines
  • The importance of efficient resource management in healthcare
  • The advantages of explicit priority setting over implicit priority setting
  • Understanding health benefits plans (HBP) as a tool for ensuring coverage of essential services
  • Evidence-based decision-making in healthcare prioritization
  • The role of good governance in sustainable priority setting
  • Strategies for achieving more affordable medicine prices

Course Content

  • The challenge of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
  • Factors influencing the increase in health spending
  • Explicit vs. implicit priority setting in healthcare
  • Health benefits plans (HBP) as a tool for ensuring essential service coverage
  • Health technology assessment (HTA) and cost-effectiveness thresholds
  • Costing of prioritized services
  • Good governance in healthcare decision-making
  • Strategies for achieving affordable medicine prices

Who This Course Is For

  • Decision-makers and public officials in health policy and service financing
  • Specialists in economics, medicine, and health rights
  • Academics (researchers, teachers, students)
  • Opinion leaders
  • Citizens interested in health service decision processes and policies

Real-World Applications

  • Developing and implementing effective health policies
  • Improving resource allocation in healthcare systems
  • Advocating for better healthcare coverage and accessibility
  • Conducting research on healthcare efficiency and affordability
  • Participating in informed discussions about healthcare reform
  • Contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in healthcare
  • Implementing strategies to reduce medicine prices and improve access to essential treatments

Syllabus

Module 1: Understanding the gap between population needs and limited resources

Module 2: Explicit priority setting as a tool for achieving UHC

Module 3: Health benefits plans (HBP) and their role in ensuring essential service coverage

Module 4: Evidence-based decision-making and prioritization tools in healthcare

Module 5: Good governance and stakeholder engagement in healthcare decision-making

Module 6: Strategies for achieving affordable medicine prices

This course offers a unique opportunity to gain expert knowledge and practical skills in addressing one of the most pressing global health challenges. By enrolling, you'll be joining a community of learners committed to improving healthcare systems and working towards Universal Health Coverage.