Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Prerequisites: For HES students (M.Sc. in Economics)— Completion of core courses. Not allowed to take this courses in the first year. For UG students—any ONE of: HUL212, HUL213, HUL311, HUL312, HUL211, HUL314, HUL318, HUL320
Description
The course shall cover the role of health in economic development, measurement and determinants of health status, health as a consumption and investment good, the concept of health production function, the demand for health and health care, estimation of the demand for health, the supply of health, public and private provisioning, health care financing, health insurance, and health policy. The focus of the course shall be on health outcomes and health care of the people in developing countries, specifically, India.