Economic Aspects of Health Policy

Harvard FAS

The course will focus on policy options in health care. We will read papers on the impacts of moral hazard and adverse selection in health care markets and how they interact with various policies (co-pays, co-insurance, capitation vs fee for service payments, …). We will consider the impact of horizontal mergers both among health care providers and among insurance companies, as well as vertical mergers between providers and insurers. We will also look at pharmaceutical research…