MPH2011

Economics of health care

Professor C Selby-Smith

1 hour 45 minutes per week over 14 weeks

Synopsis Students will be introduced to the discipline of economics as applied to health and choices in the health care sector; the relevance of the discipline of economics, inter alia, to health policy issues; the economic evaluation of health programs, especially in health promotion and prevention. No prior knowledge of economics is assumed.

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