ECON 570 Healthcare Economic Analysis
A basic overview of the healthcare industry with emphasis on the economic issues that affect medical care delivery and finance. Supply and demand considerations of the healthcare market and its implications on health policy. The usefulness of economics in understanding medical care issues such as observed patterns in the quality and price of medical care. The market for health care practitioners and the effect of recent changes in the health care sector on their behavior. The role of not-for-profit hospitals in the U.S. healthcare industry.