Lecture Notes

ECON 43656 Health Economics

Spring 2013

 

 

·        What is health economics? [Download in PPT handout mode], January 21

·        A primer on difference in difference models, [PPT handout], January 23

·        Determinants of health from a historical perspective, [PPT handout], January 28

·        Health and development [PPT handout], Jan 30, February 4

·        A primer on Regression Discontinuity Design, [PPT handout]. February 4

·        Determinants of health in a modern context [PPT handout], February 6 and 11

·        Controlling hazardous behavior with Pigouvian taxes [PPT handout], February 13, 18

·        An economic look at obesity [PPT handout], February 18, 20

·        Expected utility [PPT handout], February 25

·        Moral hazard, part 1 [PPT handout]. March 4

·        Empirical evidence – demand for medical care [PPT handout], March 18, 20

·        Asymmetric Information/Adverse Selection [PPT handout], March 20, 25

·        Employer provided health insurance [PPT Handout], March 27, April 3

·        Employer mandates and health care reform [PPT handout], April 3 and 8

·        A brief introduction to Medicare [PPT Handout], April 10

·        Health consequences of insurance [PPT Handout], April 10, 15

·        Medicaid and crowdout [PPT Handout], April 17

·        Technology and health care spending [PPT Handout], April 22

·        Hospitals and Medicaid PPS [PPT Handout], April 24

·        Induced Demand [PPT handout], April 29