Syllabus Health Economics 2014-2015
1) Introduction: Why is Health Economics Important? [Stiglitz, chp 12.]
2) The Health Production Function [Phelps chp. 3] and the Grossman Model [FGS chp. 5, McGuire chp. 7)
3) Evaluation Methods [Zweifel chp2.]
4) Health Systems:
a) General Features - [J. Hurst]
b) General Characteristics of the Health Care Markets [Arrow (1963) ]
c) Ethics, Efficacy, Effectiveness and Efficiency [FGS chp. 1, 4; Zweifel chp 1, 4, Ortún chp1; 3.1, 3.2, 3.3]
d) Equity [Rodríguez, Calonge and Reñe (1988) , Rodríguez and Calonge (1998)]
e) Regulation of Pharmacies: [García Fontes and Massimo Motta]
5) Health Insurance
a) Demand for Health Insurance [Phelps, chp 10; FGS pp 185-187]
b) Moral Hazard and Copayments [FGS pp 270-275; McGuire pp 189-193; Murillo 1992]
c) Adverse Selection: the Rothschild and Stiglitz Model [FGS 151-162 and 289-292; Stiglitz (1993) - Ariel Economía pp 175-180; Rothschild and Stiglitz (1976)- not a mandatory reading]
6) Supply Induced Demand¿ [FGS pp 204-211; McGuire 160-166]
7) Reimbursement Methods [Zweifel chp. 9]