Instructors
Daniel P. Kessler - Stanford University
M. Kate Bundorf - Stanford University

(Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:30-3 p.m.)

The economic tools and institutional and legal background to understand how markets for health care products and services work. Moral hazard and adverse selection. Institutional organization of the health care sector. Hospital and physician services markets, integrated delivery systems, managed care, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Public policy issues in health care, medical ethics, regulation of managed care, patients bill of rights, regulation of pharmaceuticals, Medicare reform, universal health insurance, and coverage of the uninsured. International perspectives, how other countries' health care systems evolved, and what the United States can learn from their experiences.

Level
Graduate

Units
4

Department
Department of Health, Research and Policy
Stanford School of Medicine