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Health Economics (ECON0069)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department
Economics
Credit value
15
Restrictions
Available to students on the following programmes only: 香港六合彩中特网 MSc Economics, 香港六合彩中特网 MSc Data Science and Public Policy (Economics route), 香港六合彩中特网 Health Economics and Decision Science.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

Aims:

The course will make you familiar with key concepts and methods in health economics and give students a through understanding of up-to-date research in a few selected topics. The course will combine theory with empirical studies and emphasizes the relation between the two. The course will provide a foundation for doctoral research or a professional career in the field of Health Economics in government agencies (i.e. the National Health Service) international institutions (i.e. Worldbank or World Health Organization) or the private sector.

Course outline:

1. Overview of OCDE health care systems

2. Health insurance markets and heterogeneity in health risks

3. Medical insurance and health care use

4. Health care providers and incentives

5. Pharmaceutical markets

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
In person
Methods of assessment
100% Coursework
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year
9
Module leader
Professor Marcos Vera Hernandez
Who to contact for more information
economics.msc.admissions@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed timed assessments and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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