HLTH POL 706 / Introduction to health and public health economics

3 unit(s)

Cross-listed as PUBHLTH 706

This is an introductory course on the economics of health, public health and health care, with special emphasis on the Canadian health care system. This course will examine the nature of health care as a commodity, health care financing and insurance, the demand for health and health care, the behaviour and organization of health care providers, methods for evaluating health care programs and interventions, issues of efficiency and equity, the economics of health behaviour and selected other topics.