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PT 524 Introduction to Health Economics

(2 credits)
Non-economists are frequently confronted with decision-making situations but lack the tools, terminology and techniques to participate in the dialogue. This course aims to equip non-economists with a knowledge base to participate in the strategic choices that are made in the health-care industry. The course provides students with the basic theoretical foundations to understand and analyze problems associated with health care. All too often, economics is seen as simply cost-cutting measures or a quick solution in times of financial exigency. Neither is the case, economics strives to assess the best attainable method to allocate the scarce financial means available to a decision maker.