ECN 413E - Health Economics

Course Objectives

1-) Providing an economic understanding of health and health care.
2-) Providing an understanding of the economic incentives of various players in the health care market
including consumers, doctors, hospitals, government, non-profit entities, private insurance companies, and
pharmaceuticals.
3-) Endow students with the knowledge of Turkey’s and selected other countries’ health care systems,
current healthcare statistics, and observed trends

Course Description

Economic perspective on health, supply and demand for medical care, health care and health insurance
providers, and manufacturers of health-related products, government in the health care sector and
provides, healthcare comparative policy analysis.