HCM 4015 - Health Care Finances and Economics

(3 units)

This course is designed to introduce students to economics of healthcare systems in the US and around the world. The emphasis will be on the economic key concepts that health economics use to analyze health care markets. The provision and production of health care have different characteristics and incentives from other consumer goods making health related markets a unique topic for study. Basic economic theories and their relationships to the structure and function of the US healthcare system are explored. Alternative health care systems and health care reforms are also evaluated from an economics perspective.