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313.655.01 MICROECONOMIC MODELS IN PUBLIC HEALTH III

Term: 3rd term
Credits: (2 credits)
Contact: Bradley Herring
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
Description:

Covers seminal publications in health economics and is targeted towards advanced Ph.D. students. Describes theoretical models in health economics for the determinants of health and demand for healthcare services, the foundations for cost-effectiveness analysis, the supply of healthcare services in competitive, monopolistic, and government-regulated markets, and the provision of private and public health insurance.
Student Evaluation: Class participation, student presentations, and a paper due at the conclusion of the four-term sequence
Learning Objective:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to: (1) Describe the core theoretical concepts in health economics; (2) Apply mathematical techniques to derive an equilibrium from a theoretical model, (3) Apply “comparative statics” to each economic equilibrium to observe how the outcome changes when underlying model’s parameters change; (4) Create new models of health economic phenomenon suitable for publication in the health economics literature.

Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
  • Friday 1:30 - 3:20
Multiterm:
Final grade applies to all terms
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Restriction: no undergraduates permitted in this course
Instructor Consent: Consent required for all students

all students required to obtain consent prior to registration
For consent, contact: bherring@jhsph.edu
Prerequisite:

313.653 and 313.654
Auditors Allowed: Yes, with instructor consent
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
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