LECTURES are scheduled for TUESDAY and THURSDAY, 2:00 p. m. to 3:20 p.m., in Baldy 108. Lab Sessions are scheduled in Park 450 on at least the first 7 Thursdays of the course.
The text is Charles Phelps, Health Economics, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997.
There will be three guest speakers. The first two will address the class during the 9/14 and 10/5 Lab Sessions. For details on Lab Session topics, see Lab Session Topics 41100. The remaining speaker has not yet been scheduled.
|
Date |
Topics and Chapters |
|
8/29 |
Economic
Issues in Health, organized around benefits (demand) and costs (supply).
Organization of the course. |
|
8/31 |
Lab
Session, Park 450. |
|
9/5 |
The
Production of Public Health: increasing returns and
externalities. |
|
9/7, 9/14 |
Lab Session, Park 450. |
|
9/12, 9/19 |
The
Production of Health: known procedures and cost variation
due to practice variation. |
|
9/21, 9/28 |
Lab
Session, Park 450. |
|
9/19, 9/26 |
The Demand for Medical Care. Conceptual Issues (Chapter 4). Empirics, welfare losses from practice variation, and the effect of insurance on demand. (Chapter 5) |
|
10/3 |
First Midterm Test (through Chapter 5) |
|
10/5 |
Lab
Session, Park 450 |
|
10/12, 10/17, 10/19, 10/24 |
Insurance.
Demand for Insurance (Chapter 10); Insurance in the Market
(Chapter 11) |
|
10/26,
10/31, 11/2 |
The Physician as Firm and the Physician in the Market.
Chapters 6 and 7. |
|
11/7 |
Second Midterm Test (Chapters 11, 6, and 7) |
|
11/9 |
Guest Speaker |
|
11/14, 11/16, 11/21 |
Government
in the Health Care Market. Chapter 12 (Medicare); Chapter
13 (Other Programs). |
|
11/28 |
Guest Speaker |
|
11/30, 12/5 |
Externalities in the
Health Care System. (Chapter 15). International Comparisons. Chapter 17. |
|
12/7 |
Third Midterm Test |