Health Economics 132: Spring 2021
This course:
(1) Provides a detailed description of the institutional features
of the health care market and current trends in this rapidly
changing field;
(2) Demonstrates the use and usefulness of analyzing the health
care market using economic analysis, particularly microeconomics;
(3) Analyzes individual-level health data using
regression methods.
The course is directed to both economics majors and to non-majors
with adequate background.
Required pre-requisites:
Economics 100 (Intermediate Microeconomics) or ARE 100A or consent
of instructor.
An upper division regression class: one of Economics 102,
Economics 140, ARE 106, Statistics 108 or consent of instructor.
The course meets
Tues Thurs 10.30 - 11.50 am virtually in Zoom (with
recording posted after class)
Syllabus
See the course Canvas site (http://canvas.ucdavis.edu)
for course materials.
The text is recommended but is not required.
Jay Bhattacharya, Timothy Hyde and Peter Tu: Health
Economics, First edition, Palgrave MacMillan, 2014.
The course uses Stata. This is available in university computer
labs but you may want to purchase your own copy - see the course
syllabus.
Past Exams - these were in class exams. Spring 2021 exams
will be set as Quizzes in Canvas
Fall 2018
Fall 2019
A. Colin Cameron / UC-Davis Economics / http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/cameron