Examination of health as an economic good and the economics of health services. Topics include international comparison of health services systems, private versus public financing, consequences of information asymmetry between buyers and sellers of medical services, and valuation of life and health in cost-benefit analysis. Antirequisite(s): The former Health Sciences 169F/G. Prerequisite(s): Economics 1021A/B and 1022A/B, or Economics 1020; or Economics 2001A/B Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. back to top
