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CHP/PCOR Courses
Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries
Course number(s): 127Offered Winter quarter in the 2008-2009 academic year
Instructors
Grant Miller - Stanford University
Application of economic paradigms and empirical methods to health improvement in developing countries. Emphasis is on unifying analytic frameworks and evaluation of empirical evidence. How economic views differ from public health, medicine, and epidemiology; analytic paradigms for health and population change; the demand for health; the role of health in international development. Prerequisites: ECON 50 and 102B, and consent of instructor.
Level
Undergraduate
Units
5
Department
Department of Economics
School of Humanities and Sciences
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