Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
(1)      Analyze key concepts of economics and economic theory
(2)      Assess risk and uncertainty as related to health insurance
(3)      Examine the key players in the health care sector
(4)      Critique the role of government and social insurance in improving health
(5)      Develop effective written and oral economic arguments that can be communicated to a lay audience

I.   The demand for health and health care
II.  The supply of health care
     a.  Hospitals
     b.  Doctors
     c.	  Pharmaceutical industry
III. Health insurance
     a.   Supply and demand
     b.  Moral hazard and adverse selection
     c.	  Health insurance and employment
     d.  The uninsured
     e.  Managed care
IV.  The role of government
     a.  Efficiency, equity, and need
     b.  Types of interventions
          i.  Taxes and subsidies: e.g., tax-exempt employer contributions
         ii.  Public provision: e.g., VA hospitals
        iii.  Transfer programs: e.g., Medicaid, Medicare
         iv.  Regulation: e.g., FDA, mandated benefits
          v.  Public health initiatives: e.g., smoking, obesity, alcohol, pollution, sanitation
         vi.  Support for health-related research: e.g., NIH
     c.	 Health system reform
V.   Cost-benefit analysis

UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of 
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of 
others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and 
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be 
found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. Every course syllabus should include 
the instructor's expectations related to academic integrity.