ECON4510 [at Georgia Tech]

Health Economics, 3 credit hours — Surveys theoretical and empirical evidence on current issues in health and health care. The course presents individual-level models of health behaviors and the demand for health and medical insurance. Students analyze the economic behaviors of physicians, hospitals, and insurance companies as well as the possible role of government in encouraging the equitable and efficient performance of health markets. The course emphasizes current debates involving individual health decisions, health care reform, and the diffusion of new medical technologies.

Prereqs

Taught by:

Mayra Pineda Torres

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Main sections

ECON4510MT1

Taught by Mayra Pineda Torres. CRN is 89455, [view on OSCAR].

Meetings
  • 12:30PM-1:45PM in CULC room 262 every Monday, Wednesday

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