Health Care Economics - NMU Bulletin

EC 444 Health Care Economics 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter semester of even-numbered years
• Prerequisites: EC 101 or EC 201, junior standing or instructor's permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2009 - 2010 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

An application of basic microeconomic principles to the health care sector. Topics include health care production, the demand for health care, third-party payers, health insurance, managed-care programs, hospital structure, physicians’ behavior, malpractice, regulation and international health care systems.