Economics of Health Care: Public vs. Market Resolutions

Harvard HSPH

The objective of this course is to learn how to think about the major issues facing the federal and state governments as they consider how best to regulate the U.S. health care system, using an applied economics framework. In particular, the goal is for students to be able to articulate which issues require government intervention to be resolved, which problems can be resolved by private markets, and why. The course builds on introductory microeconomics and focuses on real-world examples of…