College of Public Health


HAP 6883 Health Insurance and Finance - Spring 2015       3-3 hrs.

Prerequisites: HAP 5203 (Health Economics) or instructor's permission The course covers the economics of health insurance, its role in healthcare markets and its effects on healthcare financing and costs. The course examines both the efficiency benefits insurance provides and the efficiency losses insurance creates in health care markets and market failures. The course discusses basic insurance terminology, public private, employment-based health insurance plans and options.


No scheduled classes for this term.