Healthcare Economics

Catalog description

Health economics is an active field of microeconomics with a large and growing literature. Topics include the lack of health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ad measurement and determinants of health, health disparities and unhealthy behaviors. Students will better understand the economic theory of health and healthcare using several economic models in detail, including models of health, addiction, demand for healthcare and demand for insurance. The emphasis will be on key economic concepts that health economists use to analyze health and healthcare markets.