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ES50123: Health economics

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2018/9
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Economics
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 20%, EX 80%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework 20% (CW 20%)
  • Exam 80% (EX 80%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
To equip students with an understanding (and skills to critique) modern economic theories applied to topical issues surrounding the production and consumption of health and the provision of health care. Also, to equip students with the modern econometric tools to answer questions related with health and health care.

Learning Outcomes:

* Apply key microeconomic techniques to problems related to health and health care markets.
* Apply/understand statistical and advanced econometric techniques to problems related to health and health care.
* Evaluate key current policy issues related to health. Compare health policies and ideas.
* Evaluate and present journal articles from the health economics literature.
* Discuss main trends in health care and identify/design solutions to those problems.

Skills:

* Problem solving: Critical evaluation
* Numeracy: Mathematical operations, Interpretation of mathematics, Econometrics and statistics
* Communication: Presentation Skills, Independent inquiry.

Content:
1. Introduction to Health Economics
2. Health Capital
3. Socioeconomic gradient and health
4. The Supply of Healthcare 1: Hospitals
5. The Supply of Healthcare 2: Physicans
6. Health Technology Assessment
7. The Health Policy Conundrum
8. Economics of Smoking
9. Economics of Obesity
10. Alcohol Policy
Indicative textbooks:
* "Health Economics" Jay Bhattacharya, Timothy Hyde, Peter Tu, Palgrave
* "Health Economics". P. Zweifel, F. Breyer, and M. Kifmann, Second Edition. Springer.
* "Applied Health Economics" Andrew M. Jones, Nigel Rice, Teresa Bago dUva, and Silvia Balia Second Edition, Routledge.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ES50123 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Economics
  • THES-AFM18 : MSc Applied Economics with Environmental Policy

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