09/17<       > Course Introduction

  ?  09/24           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Introduction/ Micro Review

  ?  10/01           Holidays<       > 

  ?  10/08           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Health Production Functions

  ?  10/15           Reading textbooks (6 hours) <       > Demand for Health Care

  ?  10/22           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Moral Hazard, and Adverse Selection

  ?  10/29           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Moral Hazard, and Adverse Selection

  ?  11/05           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Equity, Efficiency and Need

  ?  11/12           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Government's Role in Health Care

  ?  11/19   Midterm Exam<       >            

  ?  11/26           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > History of Taiwan National Health Insurance

  ?  12/03           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Taiwan Health Care Reform

  ?  12/10           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > International Comparisons

  ?  12/17           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > International Comparisons

  ?  12/24           Reading textbooks (6 hours)<       > Providers: Hospitals and Pharmaceuticals

  ?  12/31           Reading textbooks (4 hours)<       > Providers: Hospitals and Pharmaceuticals

  ?  01/07           Reading textbooks (4 hours)<       > Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

  ?  01/14   Final Exam<       > 

No TA

There will be a three-hour mid term examination and a three-hour final examination, dates and times to be announced in class. There will be several quizes which students are expected to work individually. Each student takes turns to give a 20-mins presentation of an health system of their own country.There will be either a few quizs which students are expected to work in groups; the details will be decided in the first class. Grading will be as follows:

Quizs and presentations    20%

Midterm    40%

Final    40%.

 

    The required text for this course is:

Health Economics by Jay Bhattacharya, Timothy Hyde, and Peter Tu, 2013

Health Economics: Theory, Insights and Industry Studies by Rexford E. Santerre and Stephen P. Neun, South-Western College Pub; 6 edition

    In addition, following two books are helpful for understanding the backgrounds of health systems of the United States and Taiwan.

Health Economics, by Chee-Ruey Hsieh, and Rachel Ru (Taiwan, hereafter HR)

The Economics of Health and Health Care, by Sherman Folland, Allen C and Goodman, and Miron Stano (United States, hereafter FGM)