COURSE OUTLINE

3 lecture hours per week H. CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to the discipline of health economics and applies economic concepts to the health care sector. Topics to be covered include the demand for health care, health production and costs, health care markets models, health insurance markets, managed care, structure, conduct and performance of pharmaceutical, physician, and hospital services industries. In addition, the role of government in health care markets and various healthcare reforms proposed in the U.S. and overseas is discussed