The Economics and Financing of Health Care Delivery

1 Course Unit

The course provides an application of economic models to demand, supply, and their interaction in the medical economy. Influences on demand, especially health status, insurance coverage, and income will be analyzed. Physician decisions on the pricing and form of their own services, and on the advice they offer about other services, will be considered. Competition in medical care markets, especially for hospital services, will be studied. Special emphasis will be placed on government as demander of medical care services. Changes in Medicare and regulation of managed care are among the public policy issues to be addressed. Prerequisite: If course requirement not met, permission of instructor required. Fall or Spring Also Offered As: ECON 0390, ECON 0630 Prerequisite: ECON 0100 OR ECON 0110 1 Course Unit