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Economics of Health Care is a growing field and is an important aspect of public policy in developed and developing countries. The provision and production of health care has different characteristics and incentives from other consumer goods making health related markets a unique topic for study. This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students in healthcare fields to Health Economics. A number of topics including:
- Basic economic concepts important for the study in health economics
- Why health is different from other goods, aspects of the US health care market
- Health care in other countries
- Health care reform
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