Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HCM 5610 - Health Economics (3)


When Offered: Fall
This course is designed to provide the fundamental principles of economic concepts and evaluation methods as applied to the health care setting. Topics include: the role of prices, equity and efficiency, the production of health, the demand for health care, health insurance theory, the demand for health insurance, the market for physicians’ services, production and cost of health care in hospitals and nursing homes, labor issues, and cost effectiveness analysis.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MHA program or permission of the instructor.