Module Identifier EC34010  
Module Title HEALTH ECONOMICS 2  
Academic Year 2004/2005  
Co-ordinator Ms Susan T Charles  
Semester Intended for use in future years  
Next year offered N/A  
Next semester offered N/A  
Pre-Requisite EC30230  
Course delivery Lecture   13 Hours  
  Seminars / Tutorials   4 Hours  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam  100%

Objectives

On completion students should have:

Aims

The broad purpose of this module is to give an applied microeconomic analysis of institutional arrangements for the provision of health care and health insurance. More specifically, we will consider how problems associated with asymmetric information (adverse selection and moral hazard) manifest themselves within alternative health systems, how they are handled, and to whatend.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6