ECON 9620 - Health Economics II: The Demand for Health and Health Care

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ECON 9010 and ECON 9030 with a B- or higher, or consent of instructor.
Description
The field of health economics can be broadly described as consisting of two parts: 1) the “demand side,” or factors influencing individuals’ demand for health and medical care, and 2) the “supply side,” or factors influencing health care providers’ supply of medical services. This course focuses on the demand side of the field, divided into eight segments: 1) an introduction that focuses on trends in health care spending, 2) the human capital model of health, 3) socioeconomic status and health, 4) health insurance and health, 5) economic models of addiction 6) the economics of smoking, 7) the economics of alcohol, and 8) the economics of obesity.