ECON 41 Health Economics and Policy

The goals of the course are: 1) to understand the economic forces that have created the current challenges in US healthcare; 2) to develop skills that enable you to determine what types of information, data, and analyses are needed to analyze the economics of health policies designed to expand coverage, improve quality, and contain costs; and 3) through in-class exercises and a project, to perform and present economic analysis of current topics relevant for state and federal health system reform. Not open to students who have received credit for ECON 071.

Instructor

Colla

Cross Listed Courses

PBPL 84.02

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC; WCult:W

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Offered

• Winter