Economics: Health Economics

<p>Population health is improving globally, but many health systems face serious challenges, such as rising costs and socioeconomic inequalities in access to care. In this course, you explore these issues and potential solutions using economic theory and insights from empirical research.</p><p>You are introduced to the economic analysis of health and health care. Topics covered include the demand for health, health care and health insurance, frictions in insurance markets, socio-economic disparities in health, health care labor markets and health policy design. Illustrations come from the Swedish and international contexts. We will draw on concepts from theoretical microeconomics and discuss empirical studies. </p><p>By the end of the course, you will:</p><ul><li> understand the core concepts in health economics and health policy</li><li>be able to analyse problem areas in health economics using modern microeconomic theory</li><li>understand today’s biggest challenges for health care systems and formulate potential solutions</li><li>be able to outline empirical designs for the study of questions within health economics</li><li>understand key empirical studies in health economics and how their findings relate to economic theory</li></ul><p>The course is aimed at those of you who are interested in working in the health or health care sectors as economists, researchers, administrators, managers, or policymakers. It prepares you for careers in health organisations - local or global, public or private.</p>