ECON3004 Health Economics
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Economics |
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| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Economics |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description |
Demand for health and health care, theory of consumer behaviour and demand for health insurance, moral hazard and adverse selection, production of health and health care, including economic models of hospitals and hospital cost analysis, public choice approaches to issues in the health sector, output budgeting and economic evaluation of health care programs. Throughout the course the emphasis will be on the application of microeconomic analysis to health issues. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Students will be required to sit a three-hour examination at the end of the semester and to complete written work during the course. Details to be determined at commencement of the course. |
| Workload |
Two lectures per week with tutorials throughout the semester. |
| Areas of Interest | Economics |
| Requisite Statement |
Completion of or concurrent enrolment in ECON2101/2111 Microeconomics 2 (P or H). |
| Prescribed Texts |
See course website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON3004/ |
| Preliminary Reading |
See course website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON3004/
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| Indicative Reading List |
See course website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON3004/ |
| Majors/Specialisations | Health, Medicine and Body and Policy Studies |
| Other Information |
For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=ECON3004 |
| Academic Contact | See: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/ECON3004/ |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
