Health Economics 2.

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PR: ECON 701 and ECON 725 . Analyzes and evaluates critical questions in health and health care using tools and approaches in economics. Topics covered include: demand for private health insurance; public and private health insurance; hospital ownership and competition among hospitals; markets for physician services; technology, innovation and the pharmaceutical sector; comparative health care systems; government's role, and economic evaluation of health and health care.