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Name of Learning Opportunity: | Healthcare Economics |
Mode of Delivery: | Guided Independent Study
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Study Group/Residency Enrollment Caps: | Sep cap: 15
Nov cap: 15
Jan cap: 15
Mar cap: 15
May A cap: 15
May B cap: 15 |
Region: | Hudson Valley |
Location(s): | Hartsdale |
Location(s):
at a distance | Nanuet, Newburgh |
Mentor/Instructor: | Renata Kochut |
Offered in these terms: | Jan |
Credits: | 4 |
Liberal Study? | YES |
Level: | Adv |
Area of Study: | Business, Management and Economics |
Subject: | Business (General), Economics |
GenEd Area 1: 3. Social Sciences | Fully |
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Available Collegewide: | N |
Describe how will you interact with students at a distance: | The instructor will interact with students at a distance by email or telephone.
Students can contact the instructor at Renata.Kochut@esc.edu or by phone at (914) 948-6206. |
Description: | Healthcare economics uses the tools of microeconomic analysis to examine markets in the health sector including physician markets, hospital markets, pharmaceutical markets and health insurance markets. Students learn about managed care, and other types of health insurance, explore the effects of insurance on behavior, investigate reimbursement systems including new reimbursement models like value-based and bundled payments, and discuss factors that influence market outcomes in the healthcare sector including uncertainty, information asymmetries, and externalities. Current trends and issues facing the healthcare industry such as rising expenditures and new technologies are also investigated in this course.
Prerequisites: Introductory Microeconomics or significant experience in the health sector. |
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