Grading The grade of A is reserved for those who demonstrate extraordinarily excellent performance. The grade of A- is awarded only for excellent performance. The grade for good performance in this course is a B+/B. The grades of D+, D, and D- are not awarded at the graduate level. Please refer to the for grade appeal information. Tentative Course Calendar* *The instructors reserve the right to alter course content and/or adjust the pace to accommodate class progress. Students are responsible for keeping up with all adjustments to the course calendar. Meeting Topic Readings Due Time Date How do economists think of health? Cutler, Chapter 1 Issues in health care delivery Class notes design and implementation Sources and remedies for inequalities in health and related policies; Cost and benefit analysis Date The patient side Class notes; Santerre and The demand for health care; Neun, Chapters 5 and 7 Medical care production; Case: Achieving Mental In-depth analysis: Challenges to Health Parity the provision and delivery of Reading: “Better But Not mental health care and their by Glied and Frank; Best” resolution Health Affairs 28, No 3, 2009 Problem Set 1 distributed Date Institutional setup in health care Santerre and Neun, Problem Set 1 provision and related challenges Chapter 6 due at the end of The demand for health Article: Dupas, Pascaline class insurance; Structure of the US (2013) “ Short-Run Private Health Insurance Subsidies and Long-Run Industry; Adoption of New Health Health insurance in developing Products” countries; Case: Health Insurance to Behavioral challenges to health the Base of the Pyramid care delivery in developing countries; Behavioral economics concepts: Anchoring, framing and learning
Grading The grade of A is reserved for those who demonstrate extraordinarily excellent performance. The grade of A- is awarded only for excellent performance. The grade for good performance in this course is a B+/B. The grades of D+, D, and D- are not awarded at the graduate level. Please refer to the for grade appeal information. Tentative Course Calendar* *The instructors reserve the right to alter course content and/or adjust the pace to accommodate class progress. Students are responsible for keeping up with all adjustments to the course calendar. Meeting Time Topic Readings Due Date How do economists think of health? Issues in health care delivery design and implementation Sources and remedies for inequalities in health and related policies; Cost and benefit analysis Cutler, Chapter 1 Class notes Date The patient side The demand for health care; Medical care production; In-depth analysis: Challenges to the provision and delivery of mental health care and their resolution Class notes; Santerre and Neun, Chapters 5 and 7 Case: Achieving Mental Health Parity Reading: “Better But Not Best” by Glied and Frank; Health Affairs 28, No 3, 2009 Problem Set 1 distributed Date Institutional setup in health care provision and related challenges The demand for health insurance; Structure of the US Private Health Insurance Industry; Health insurance in developing countries; Behavioral challenges to health care delivery in developing countries; Behavioral economics concepts: Anchoring, framing and learning Santerre and Neun, Chapter 6 Article: Dupas, Pascaline (2013) “ Short-Run Subsidies and Long-Run Adoption of New Health Products” Case: Health Insurance to the Base of the Pyramid Problem Set 1 due at the end of class
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