The module brings to you Health Care Economics topics such as: demand and supply of health care services, market failures, health care financing,and  Making decisions on health financing
Module Aim
To introduce you to the theoretical foundations of Healthcare Economics.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, you should be able to:

  • Describe the characteristics of health care economics and the nature of demand and supply of health services and its related imperfections;
  • Explain the mechanism of the financing of health care, and describe the need for economic evaluation and priority setting of health programs