
Aim & Objectives
Health economics is a growing field of economics primarily dealing with issues relating to scarcity in the allocation of health and health care. In the recent past, some of the policies by the state and federal governments have involved issues that have been analyzed by the health economist.
- The course expects to furnish under studies with adequate foundation in wellbeing financial matters hypothesis to have the option to see how the social insurance advertise functions and under what conditions human services can be productively delivered and apportioned however markets, guidelines and arranged framework.
- Specifically the course furnish under studies with capacity to comprehend the ramifications of market and government disappointments with regards to human services, and see what number of foundations and administrative game plans saw in the area can be connected to various kinds of business sectors.
- To give a prologue to wellbeing financial aspects hypothesis and techniques and how they could be applied to dissect the working of wellbeing framework and the determinants of wellbeing and utilization of wellbeing administrations.
- How medical coverage impacts the interest at social insurance and its costs .
Learning Outcome
1. A better command in the major theories and frameworks for core areas of health economics in terms of main issues, methods, results and unresolved problems.
2. A sound knowledge of how economic theory and methods are applied in the health care sector; the financing and organization of health services in different system, health insurance theory and practice, the nature of competition and planning in health care; efficiency and equity considerations in health and health care.
3. Demonstrate interest in health economics and motivate students to undertake future research and build their careers.
- Teacher: DIVYA KARIKKAN FACULTY