Health Economics 132: Spring 2022
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 100A (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 9.00 - 10.20 am in person
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 the statistical package Stata. This is available
in university computer labs but you may want to purchase your
own copy - see the course syllabus.
Past Exams
Fall 2018
Fall 2019
A. Colin Cameron / UC-Davis Economics / http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/cameron