Health Economics for Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Catalog description

This course provides students with the background and tools to understand, analyze, and evaluate economic aspects of health systems problems of low- and middle-income countries. The course covers the following topics: health and economic development, micro-economic aspects of health care services, health care financing, and economic evaluation. Most examples used in the class will pertain to health system interventions that aim to improve the availability and quality of health services. Lectures will be combined with problem sets, class discussions, and group presentations that focus on issues affecting the demand for and supply of health care services as well as financial and payment interventions that aim to improve the performance of health systems.