Public Health 410 - Intro to Health Economics
Spring
2019
01
3.00
Kimberley Geissler
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
19322
Arnold House room 136
kgeissler@umass.edu
This course introduces the applications of economics to health and health care. It explores the health care sector and healthy policy issues from an economic perspective. The topics to cover include: allocation of health care resources with respect to demand and supply of health care; the role of health care providers, health insurance and market failures.
Open to junior and senior Public Health majors only.