Description

This course provides an introduction to the study of health economics. We will cover a wide range of important topics in the field, while focusing on the healthcare system in the United States. The first half of the course will be devoted to applying standard microeconomic theory to studying the behavior of various economic agents in the healthcare market (e.g. patients, physicians, hospitals, and insurance companies, etc.). In the second half of the course, we will examine the evolution of healthcare industry in the U.S. as well as the effects and implications of various government policies (such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act).

Lecture Hours: 3.00 Lab Hours: 0Total Hours: 3.00