313.641.01
Health Economics I

Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tu, Th, 3:30 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
David Bishai
Contact Name
David Bishai
Contact Email
dbishai@jhsph.edu
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

313.639 1st term or 313.670 1st term or permission of instructor

Description
Introduces students to the application of economic tools to the analysis of the interaction among the many stakeholders in the health care system and the public health system. Uses a standard medical care economics text as the main reference guide; also draws on a combination of other texts that either use economic tools to draw contrasting conclusions, or that consider the economics of issues related more directly to public health topics.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. compare and contrast the demand for health and health care
  2. motivate the demand for protection from health care expenditures
  3. describe the economics of production of health services,
  4. discuss the production and supply of medical personnel
  5. discuss the supply of the pharmaceutical products
  6. discuss the economics of public health externalities
  7. describe the role of government in remedying market failures in the health care sector
  8. discuss the economics of public health issues including obesity, food safety, injury prevention, and infectious disease
Enrollment Restriction
Undergraduates are NOT permitted in this course
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Consent Contact
dbishai@jhsph.edu
Jointly Offered With
International Health
Health Policy and Management
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Special Comments

There is a weekly “optional lab” during which the teaching assistant will work through problems with the students so that students are able to keep up with the material being covered.