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3. Good health and well-being
The award was delivered during the Nova SBE Sustainability Journey and the Role to Play Awards. These are an honorable celebration that Nova SBE launched for the first time this year, to community members who reflect Nova SBE's mission and strategy, to be an active agent in contributing to the SDG’s.
These awards are the materialization of every contribution that empowers the school’s positive impact. They are named after the Nova SBE Role to Play platform, which presents every project, initiative, and opportunity the school actively works on to achieve a more collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable social and economic reality.
After this gleeful celebratory moment, the second edition of the Nova SBE Role to Play Awards is already being prepared by establishing an official regulation and launching open applications.
Abstract:
Essays on Health Economics
This thesis provides a set of Health Economics Essays on the efficiency of health care provision and financing, with micro and macroeconomic perspectives. Chapter 1 investigates how hospitals react to a sudden change in their inputs, looking at the specific case of health professionals’ strikes. Chapter 2 investigates pricing decisions of pharmaceutical firms following a change in the reference price system. Chapter 3 provides three macro applications on public health spending efficiency; on the relation between efficiency and HR skill-mix; and on the sustainability of the Portuguese NHS. Chapter 4 introduces amodel to analyse public health spending sustainability.
Click here to read Eduardo’s thesis “Essays on Health Economics”
We all have a role to play
With just ten years to go, an ambitious global effort is underway to deliver the 2030 promise. We want to take a stand and we are calling on our community to showcase how they are contributing to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, whilst influencing more and more people to unravel their role to play.
Here, you will find four different ways your ideas can flourish, dialogue can be enhanced, and action can take place. You can choose one or all four, and Nova SBE will be there to support you all the way and guarantee tangible change.
We all have a role to play, and this is your way in.
To Nova SBE, positive impact shall have a relationship to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Our community is committed to foster dialogue and action, by disseminating knowledge, launching innovative projects, supporting organizations' transformation, and leading by example, as responsible citizens.
