Course Description

EC248 Economics of Health 0.5

An examination of the market for health care. Special emphasis will be given to health as an economic good, the relation between health status and economic well-being, market responses to the demand for health care, for the provision of health care workers, and the problems of health care costs and financing in a Canadian context.

Prerequisite: EC120 (or EC101), EC140 (or EC102).

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor