Dec 26, 2024  
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ECON 531/5219 - Health Care Financing (3 cr.)



Prerequisites
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Description
This course explores how health care systems in the developing world raise revenue, the advantages and disadvantages of varying methods of doing so, and how health systems strike a balance between public and private revenue sources. The course also explores how policy makers choose which services to include in publicly-financed health systems, the allocation of resources to those ‘purchasing’ health care, and the degree to which there is a role for competition in this realm. This course will also explore how resources are allocated to health care providers and the incentives associated with different payment methods.
 

When Offered
Offered occasionally.


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