HLAD - 3102 Principles of Healthcare Microeconomics (3)

Introduces the theoretical and analytical framework at the introductory level of microeconomics that can be applied to health care. Focuses on principles of microeconomics which examines the basic fundamentals of the theory of the consumer, theory of the firm, market structures, resource markets, income distribution and poverty, and important issues of public choice, market failure, health care and international economics. This course is the first of a two-course series of Health Economics (HLAD-4104 is the second). Instructional Method: Online. Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer. Equivalent to HLAD-302. Prerequisite: MATH-1423 or passing of the appropriate level of the proficiency examination, or permission of the instructor.