Course Description

Economics of health, health care, and health policy. Application of microeconomic principles to the study of individual health production and the market for health insurance, the analysis of the health-care industry, and the evaluation of health policy.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Students are expected to achieve standards of scholarship consistent with study at the master's level. Such students will be expected to read more extensively and integrate materials more thoroughly and will be graded with higher standards and expectations. Examples include additional readings summarized in a written report, a careful review of primary research with an application to a relevant topic, or other projects that apply knowledge gained to specific problems.

---

Athena Title

Health Economics

---

Prerequisite

ECON 4010

---

Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

---

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

---

Student learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to explain the economics of individual health production and demand by considering the credibility of various research designs that provide empirical evidence on questions in health economics.
• Students will be able to analyze the market for health care, discuss future directions for health care reform, and understand the arguments for and against various policy proposals.
• Students will be able to understand the economics of health insurance.
• Students will be able to evaluate government regulation of health care.
• Students will be able to apply microeconomic principles to assess public health problems, policies, and proposed reforms.

---

Topical Outline

• Health production and the demand for health
• Market for health care
• Health insurance
• Government regulation of health care
• Health care reform
• Public health problems and policies

---

Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

---

Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Geddes, Eilidh   Knepper, Matt TH 9:35   Knepper, Matt

---

Public CV

Select a file to download:   Geddes CV Spring26.pdf

---