Course Name

Health Economics

Course Number

0ATHE24Credits

1.0 Credits

Adaptation years

1, 2 YearClass hold days

FallC Intensive

Instructor

Masahide Kondo

Overview

As a foundation of health economics, application of microeconomics, welfare
economics, and new institutional economics in health care are explained.
Goal: To be able to view the health system as a market for health care. To beable to appraise economic evaluations.
(1) Introduction: health care, money and economic growth, (2) Microeconomics ofhealth insurance, (3) Law of demand, (4) Theory of production, (5) Marketmechanism, (6) Behaviour of health care provider, (7) Basics of welfare
economics, (8) Economic evaluation of health care programme, (9) Equity:
justice and fairness, (10) Overall discussion.

Remarks（英）
Identical to 01DZ512.
Lectures are conducted in English.
Online(Asynchronous)

Course Typelectures

Relation to Degree

Core area 3 of public health sciences: an ability for application of health

Program Competences

policy and management skills to apply basic knowledge relating to health policyand management

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the health(Learning Outcomes)

system as a market for health services and appraise the results of economic
evaluations of health care.

Class Schedule

Lectures are planned as online on‑demand basis.

The mode of delivery may bechanged into onsite in the classroom depending on the COVID‑19 epidemics.
1. Lecture 1, , January , 1st period, Masahide Kondo
Introduction: health care, money and economic growth
2. Lecture 2, , January , 2nd period, Masahide Kondo
Microeconomics of health insurance
3. Lecture 3, , January , 1st period, Masahide Kondo
Law of demand
4. Lecture 4, , January , 2nd period, Masahide Kondo
Theory of production
5. Lecture 5, , January , 1st period, Masahide Kondo
Market mechanism
6. Lecture 6, , January , 2nd period, Masahide Kondo
Behaviour of health care provider
7. Lecture 7, , January , 1st period, Masahide Kondo
Basics of welfare economics
8. Lecture 8, , January , 2nd period, Masahide Kondo
Economic evaluation of health care programme
9. Lecture 9, , January , 1st period, Masahide Kondo
Equity: justice and fairnessClass Schedule

10. Lecture 10, , January , 2nd period, Masahide Kondo
Concluding discussion

Course Prerequisites

None

Grading Philosophy

Evaluated by reports.

Course Hours

All classes are conducted in lectures (100%).

Breakdown and Out‑of‑Preparing for the rage of classes and reviewing them after class.

Class Learning
Textbooks,

1. Health economics: an international economics. Routledge

References,and

2. 国政的視点から学ぶ医療経済学入門.東京大学出版会

Supplementary

3. Economics of health care financing: the visible hand. PalgraveMaterials
Office Hours andOn demand.

Make an appointment by email, etc.

Contact InformationMasahide Kondo mkondo@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
Topics in each lecture may be altered depending on the progress of thelectures.

Other(Behavioralexpectations andpoints to note forstudents duringcoursework)
Relation to Other
Courses
Teaching Fellow
and/or Teaching
AssistantCourse Keywords

Economics, Resource allocation, Economic evaluation, Cost‑effectiveness, HealthSystem