2017-2018 Academic Bulletin 
    
    Apr 16, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 250 - Issues in Financing Health Care


Credits: 4
An examination of the competing interests of the users, providers and financiers of health care. An exploration of reform proposals by these three groups in terms of their economic feasibility is included. Another objective is to frame questions of health care finance so as to better define the appropriate methodologies for their meaningful analysis. Students run through exercises in posing a well-defined question and designing an approach to its study, including data sources and relevant relationships to be included in the analysis.

Prerequisite: ECON 100  and/or ECON 101 .

Distribution Requirements: IP, PD.