EC34010 - HEALTH ECONOMICS 2

Module Identifier

EC34010

Module Title

HEALTH ECONOMICS 2

Academic Year

2003/2004

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 Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam		100%

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.

Objectives

On completion students should have:

An understanding of how to assess empirically the microeconomic analysis of asymmetric information, principal-agent relationships and contract design to understand and analyse policy issues in the provision and finance of health care;

An appreciation of how to assess empirically the predictions and policy proposals arising from that microeconomic analysis with regard to the charging of patients, the remuneration of doctors and the performance of the 'internal market';

An appreciation of how to make, and the issues involved in making, cross-country comparisons of institutional arrangements for the provision and finance of health care.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6