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Apr 19, 2024
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ECON 320 - Economics of Health and Health Care
Credits: 3
Description
Economics of health care sector including physician, allied health professional, hospital and insurance markets. Emphasis on the role of government, private sector, information and externalities in health care outcomes.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Acquire an understanding and appreciation of the basic microeconomic tools and concepts as they relate to health care decisions and policies.
- Acquire an understanding of the economics of health care financing organizations as well as the role of government in the process.
- Acquire an understanding of the role of economics in dichotomizing the roles of physician and an input in the production of health care, the physician as entrepreneurs, and the final product of the physician service.
- Learn how health care marker is unique as well as similar to other markets.
- Acquire an understanding of the role of information in health care decisions and outcomes. The information includes cultural, qualitative, and quantitative types.
Prerequisite: ECON 102 or Instructor approval and Admission to the Dental Hygiene Bachelor of Science Degree Program
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