Graduating seniors are given enrollment priority. An accelerated course dealing with the fundamentals of micro- and macroeconomic theory, designed for graduate students who have not completed undergraduate principles of economics. This course will not be counted in the hours required for a COBA undergraduate or graduate degree. This course will not be counted in the hours required for an Economics undergraduate major or minor. A basic study of the economics of the health care market.
Microeconomic theory is applied to the analysis of health care issues.
Attention will be given to empirical studies of health care economics. A student may not receive credit for both ECO 504 and HCM 504. ECO 508 Intermediate Econometrics. ECO 309 or permission. Examination of the principles of economic model construction and the econometric techniques used in estimation of behavioral relationships.