HS30103: Economics Of Health
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| Course name | Economics Of Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Humanities & Social Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Spring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prerequisites: NoneCourse ContentsIntroduction and Overview; Supply and Demand: The Production of Health; Importance of Prices in the Medical Sector; Demand for Medical Care: Theory and Empirical Evidence; Economics of Health Insurance: Conventional and New Insurance Theory; Organisation of Health Insurance Providers: Health Insurance Markets, Managed Care, Non-Profit Firms; The Private Health Insurance Industry; Hospitals: Production Functions, Cost Theory, Efficiency; Industry Organization and The Theory of Non-Profits; Physicians: Payments, Costs and Induced Demand; Licensure, Advertising and Price Discrimination; Small Area Variation, Specialization; Labor Market Issues: Shortages, Surpluses, Monopsony and the Shortage of Nurses; The Pharmaceutical Industry; Government Intervention and Regulation; Government As Health Insurer; Epidemiology and Economics; The Market For Long-Term Care; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care; International Comparisons.
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| Day | 8:00-8:55 am | 9:00-9:55 am | 10:00-10:55 am | 11:00-11:55 am | 12:00-12:55 pm | 2:00-2:55 pm | 3:00-3:55 pm | 4:00-4:55 pm | 5:00-5:55 pm | |
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| Tuesday | NC332 | NC332 | ||||||||
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