HADM 3333 - Healthcare Economics

Credit Hours: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0

This course is designed to familiarize the students with the institutional features and the current trends in the rapidly changing healthcare market. Students will learn to apply the basic tools of microeconomics to issues in healthcare policy and management. Economic concepts relevant for healthcare managers will be examined such as analysis of demand and supply of healthcare goods and services; the role of health insurance and healthcare financing; market failure and the need for government intervention in healthcare markets; and initiatives to improve population health.