Course Description

Economics 169F/G Economics of Health Care

Examination of health as an economic good and the economics of health services. Topics include international comparison of health services systems, private versus public financing, consequences of information asymmetry between buyers and sellers of medical services, and valuation of life and health in cost-benefit analysis.

Antirequisite: Health Sciences 169F/G
Prerequisite: Economics 020 or 021.
Pre-corequisite: Economics 150a/b.
3 lecture hours, half course.


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