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313.644.01
Health Economics II

Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tuesday, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frederic Selck
Contact Email
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

313.643 Health Economics I

Description
Building on the basic concepts and applications presented in Health Economics I, students in Health Economics II are exposed to some of the seminal topics in health economics, with a particular focus on the issues of human capital, economics of the household and the demand for healthy and risky behaviors. Topics include: the economic returns of education; economics of the household; the demand for health (Grossman Model); addiction; teen sex; obesity, the statistical value of a life, and fertility. While it will not be the focus of the class, some time will be spent on the dynamic modeling and econometric techniques that are used in the papers that we review. Teaching methods include lectures, group discussion and problem solving exercises, and hands on experiments.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. predict behavior of individuals, firms, health care providers, and governments based on economic theory reflecting all changes in incentives that a new piece of information, new policy, treatment guideline, prevention recommendation, or reimbursement mechanism might create
  2. propose methods (and discuss their limitations) of testing the hypotheses generated by predictions based on economic theory
  3. write clearly about economics both for others versed in economics and for more general audiences
Enrollment Restriction
no undergraduates permitted
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