ECON 323 The Economics of Health and Healthcare
The course uses the tools of economic thinking and economic analysis to examine the current state of health and healthcare in the United States. Economic concepts to be discussed include scarcity, rationing, the roles of the free market and government, sensitivity to price, determinants of the demand for, and the supply of, healthcare, and production possibilities. These and other tools will be used to examine such topics as changing demographics, alternative production and delivery systems, health insurance, regulation of the health sector, and the legal environment.
Prerequisite
ECON 214 or consent of instructor.