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Eduardo Costa
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Nova SBE I Researcher in projects with the Nova Health Economics and Management Knowledge Center
February 3, 2023
3. Good health and well-being

3. Good health and well-being

Ensuring access to quality health and promoting well-being for all, at all ages
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Eduardo Costa distinguished at Role to Play awards

Eduardo Costa won the first prize in Role to Play Awards, in the “PhD Student Thesis” category.

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

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