STS 220 - The Political Economy of Health Care

1 unit(s)

(Same as ECON 220) Topics include the markets for physicians and nurses, hospital services, pharmaceuticals, and health insurance, both public and private; effects of changes in medical technology; and global health problems. A comparative study of several other countries’ health care systems and reforms to the U.S. system focuses on problems of financing and providing access to health care in a climate of increasing demand and rising costs.

Prerequisite: ECON 101 or ECON 102. Students who have not taken ECON 101 but have strong quantitative backgrounds may enroll with instructor’s permission.

Not offered in 2015/16.