Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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ECON 3150 - Economics of Health Care
The main topics include: Private versus social health insurance. Economics of HIV/AIDS. Rational and bounded rational addiction models. Economics of smoking, drinking, obesity. Exams involve solving numerical problems and writing short essays on health policy issues.
Requisites: ECON 1030 and 1040. WARNING: No Credit if ECON 2650. Credit is deducted from the first course taken
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Allow students to apply economic reasoning to topical and controversial issues related to health policy.
- Allow students to apply theoretical concepts from introductory economics courses to upper level applied economics courses.
- Allow students to develop the ability to critically evaluate a wide range of opinions and viewpoints that are found in the area of health policy.
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