Three hour lecture/consultation each week.
There is no required text for this unit.
UNIT READINGS
Folland, S., A. Goodman and M. Stano, (2016) The Economics of Health and Health Care, (7th Ed), Pearson.
Henderson, James W. Health economics and policy (with economic applications). Cengage Learning, 2012.
PRESCRIBED TEXT
Folland, S., A. Goodman and M. Stano, (2016) The Economics of Health and Health Care, (7th Ed), Pearson.
The text, also referred to as FGS in this unit, is available for purchase at Co-op Bookshop. A
small number are available on reserve in the library. Earlier editions are similar but page
references may change.
RECOMMENDED TEXT
Henderson, James W. Health economics and policy (with economic applications). Cengage Learning, 2012.
Phelps, C. E. (2016). Health economics. Routledge.
Duckett, S., & Willcox, S. (2015). The Australian health care system (No. Ed. 5). Oxford University Press.
Palmer, G. R., & Short, S. D. (2000). Health care and public policy: an Australian analysis. Macmillan Education AU.
Jones, A. M. (Ed.). (2012). The Elgar companion to health economics. Edward Elgar Publishing. Culyer, A. J., & Newhouse, J. P. (Eds.). (2000). Handbook of health economics. Elsevier.
Academic papers will be presented and discussed during Zoom workshop sessions. These papers are available on iLearn for each week. Students should read the assigned paper(s) before each class. Lecture recordings and presentation slides will be available on iLearn by 5pm each Friday for the following week's class. The weekly Zoom meeting that will focus on the set of review questions outlined in the weekly workshop document located on iLearn.