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Waiting List
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Course Type
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Elective
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Location
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Online
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Instructors
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Prof. Mullahy
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Availability
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NOTE: Catalog Information only applies to Public Health Elective Iteration in February, not to general research in Pop Health Sci
Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013
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Objectives
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Through their weekly reading, their responses to questions and problems, and their online discussions,
students will gain a fundamental appreciation of the economic dimensions of the central clinical and
health policy problems they will encounter in their practice and research settings.
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Content
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1. The "production" of health, the role of medical care, and disparities in health outcomes
2. Comparative effectiveness and the evaluation of healthcare interventions
3. Health insurance, access to care, and health
4. Provider reimbursement and provider incentives
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Prerequisites
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Prior study in economics is not required or assumed.
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Methods
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The course begins with an (online) lecture given by the course faculty (one hour) giving an overview of
the course and highlighting the economic data that are used to characterize the U.S. healthcare system.
The remainder of the course is structured into four topical modules. For each module there will be a set
of assigned readings (four or five) and a quiz consisting of "brief essay" questions designed to stimulate
integrative thinking about the readings (four questions; one to two paragraphs each). Responses to the
questions will be submitted online or via email.
In addition, active online discussion between students and faculty one the topics raised in the four
modules (as well as any other interesting topics in health economics that might emerge during the course)
will be take place via the course website. Students are expected to contribute at least two posts per module.
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Materials Provided
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Expectations
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Evaluating
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Grading will be based on the quality of responses to the four quizzes (60%) as well as an integrative essay (1,000 words or fewer; 40%) based on an actual patient care/clinical case familiar to the student in which themes from at least two of the four modules are used to understand some salient features of the case. Finally, while designed as a four-week
course, students have the option of completing the modules at a quicker pace if this better suits their
schedules.
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Recommended Texts
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Meets Patient Care Requirement
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No
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