ECON 5880 - Seminar on Current Health Care Economics Research

3 hours

Topics include health care reform; problems associated with health insurance markets; alternative health care financing systems in the United States and other countries; health care regulation by the states; universal health care coverage; and the “public goods” nature of health care. Topics are subject to change depending on the current trends in the field and relevancy to students’ interests. The course includes presentations and discussion of the student’s research papers.

Prerequisite(s): ECON 4180 or ECON 5180.