This course will examine selected topics in health economics with major implications for healthcare delivery, healthcare financing and clinical and public health research. Essential economic theories and methods for exploring each topic will be discussed along a review of existing empirical research.
Outcomes: Describe the US health delivery and financing system; Apply essential economic theories/methods to study consumer behavior and healthcare demand, healthcare market and supply of services, and medical cost-effectiveness analysis
Outcomes: Describe the US health delivery and financing system; Apply essential economic theories/methods to study consumer behavior and healthcare demand, healthcare market and supply of services, and medical cost-effectiveness analysis