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課程名稱

健康經濟學導論
Introduction to Health Economics

開課學期

102-1

授課對象

公共衛生學院健康促進組

授課教師

鄭凱文

課號

HPM5006

課程識別碼

848 U1060

班次

學分

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

星期二7,8(14:20~16:20)

上課地點

公衛210

備註

限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限：25人
外系人數限制：5人

Ceiba 課程網頁

http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1021healthecon

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課程概述

This course is an introduction to the field of health economics. It covers economics and its application to health and health care markets. The discussion starts with introducing economic as well as statistical tools in analyzing issues in health and health care market. The demand for health and medical care services, the behavior of medical care providers (hospitals and physicians), and the functioning of insurance markets are discussed. Government intervention, public policy, and policy’s influences in health care market are finally explored. Critical discussions of the health economics literature will take place during each class meeting.

課程目標

By the end of the class, students should be able to
1. Apply economic logics and theories on issues in health and health care market.
2. Describe the issues in health and health care market in the language used by economists.
3. Use economic logics to identify the potential intended and unintended consequences from health and health care policy.

課程要求

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

每週三 09:30~11:30 備註： Wednesdays 9:30 – 11:30AM, or by appointment

指定閱讀

參考書目

1. (Required) Folland S, Goodman AC, Stano M (FGS). The Economics of Health and
Health Care (7th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2013.
2. (Optional) Sloan FA, Hsieh C-R (FC). Health Economics. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT
Press, c2012.
3. (Required) The assigned articles

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Class participation	10%	Students are expected to participate in the class and discussion. This will benefit your understanding of class materials.
2.	Final	30%	A final exam will be held on January 7. The final is a closed book exam. It consists three parts: multiple choice questions, short answer questions, and essays.
3.	Discussion leading	30%	Students will take turns leading discussions on the assigned articles. There will be two discussion leaders assigned for each paper. The discussion leader should briefly summarize the article with powerpoint slides, and prepare the questions for discussion.
4.	Midterm	30%	A midterm exam will be held on October 29. The midterm is a closed book exam. The exam consists three parts: multiple choice questions, short answer questions, and essays.

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	9/10	Course introduction
第2週	9/17	<B>How do economists think about health issue?</B><BR> - Chapter 1 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Fuchs, Victor R. "What is Health Economics?"in The Future of Health policy. Boston: Harvard University Press, pp. 27-40.
第3週	9/24	<B>Microeconomic tools for health economics</B><BR>- Chapter 2 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano
第4週	10/01	<B>Statistical tools for health economics</B><BR>- Chapter 3 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano
第5週	10/08	<B>Production of health: a historical perspective and modern correlates</B><BR> -Chapter 5 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano
第6週	10/15	<B>Demand for Health Capital – income, schooling, and health</B><BR> - Chapter 7 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Shin-Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu, Michael Grossman, and Ted Joyce (2010), “Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan,” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2(1), 33-61.
第7週	10/22	<B>The government control of unhealthy behavior(1)</B><BR> - Chapter 24 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Manning, WB, EB Keeler, JP Newhouse, EM Sloss, J Wasserman. “The Taxes of Sin. Do Smokers and Drinkers Pay their Way?” JAMA 1989 261 (11): 1604-1609.
第8週	10/29	<B>The government control of unhealthy behavior(2)</B><BR> - Chapter 24 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano
第9週	11/05	<B>Midterm</B>
第10週	11/12	<B>Guest lecture</B><BR> - 台北大學經濟系陳欽賢教授演講。
第11週	11/19	<B>Consumer choices and demand</B><BR> - Chapter 9 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Manning et al. (1987) “Health Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment,” American Economic Review, 77(3): 251-277.
第12週	11/26	<B>Production, cost, and technology of health care</B><BR> - Chapter 6 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Cawley, John, David Grabowski, and Richard Hirth. “Factor Substitution in Nursing Homes.” Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25(2): 234-247
第13週	12/03	<B>Choices under uncertainty and role of insurance</B><BR> - Chapter 8 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Cook, Phillip J, Allan M. Parnel, Michael Moore, and Deanna “The Effects of Short-Term Variation in Abortion Funding on Pregnancy Outcomes,” Journal of Health Economics, 18(2):241-57.
第14週	12/10	<B>Asymmetric information and agency</B><BR> - Chapter 10 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Simon Kosali, “Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets? Evidence from State Small-Group Health Insurance Reforms,” Journal of Public Economics, 89, 2005, 1865-1877. <BR> - Dranove, David, Daniel Kessler, Mark McClellan, and Mark Satterhwaite 2003. “Is More Information Better? The Effects of ‘Report Cards’ on Health Care Providers.” Journal of Political Economy 111(3), 555-588.
第15週	12/17	<B>Guest lecture</B><BR> - 政大財政系連賢明教授演講。
第16週	12/24	<B>Health care labor markets and professional training</B><BR> - Chapter 16 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Bhattacharya (2005) “Specialty Selection and Lifetime Returns to Specialization within Medicine” Journal of Human Resources 40(1): 115-43.
第17週	12/31	<B>Physician’s practice</B><BR> - Chapter 15 of Folland, Goodman, and Stano<BR> - Melo, MM et al. “The New Medical Malpractice Crisis,” New England Journal of Medicine, 348 (23), 2281-2284.<BR> - Dranove, David and Wehner, Paul 1994 “Physician Induced Demand for Childbirths,” Journal of Health Economics, 13(1) 61-73.
第18週	2014/01/07	<B>Final exam</B>