Empirical Analysis in Health Economics

Catalog description

Provides students with an understanding of key issues in the field of health economics from an empirical perspective. Topics (which align with those in ECON 942 ) include: production of health; health behaviors; supply of care by physicians, hospitals and nurses; cost-effectiveness and measuring quality of care; features of the U.S. health insurance system; and the effect of insurance on demand for care and health status.