Health Economics

Welcome to this very interesting course. 

Health economics is the application of Economic theories, tools and concepts of economics as a discipline to the topics of health and health care. It is concerned with issues related to the allocation of scarce resources to improve health, this includes both resource allocation within the economy to the health sector and within the health care system to different activities and individuals.

The course is taught to students of last year Economics in the option of Development Economics. 

It covers at least 7 topics including: Introduction to Health Economics, Demand for Medical Care, Externalities, Economic Evaluation in Health Sector, Health Care Financing, Hospital Service Industry, and Government, health, medical care, and government as health insurer