– Why Health Economics? – Chapter 1 (Phelps, 2010), pp.

PRODUCTION OF HEALTH

September 13

– Production of Health – Chapter 5 (Folland et al, 2010), pp.
– Introduction – Chapter 1 (Evans et al,1994), pp.

September 20

– Social Determinants of Health – the Canadian Facts – (Mikkonen and Raphael, 2010). *
– The Social Determinants of health: Coming of Age, by P. Braveman, S. Egerter and D.R. Williams,
Annual review of Public Health, 32, 2011. *

DEMAND FOR HEALTH

September 27

– The Demand for Medical Care: Conceptual Framework – Chapter 4 (Phelps (2010), pp.

HELTH INSURANCE
September 27

– The Market for Health Insurance – Chapter 6 (Henderson, 2009), pp.

INFORMATION PROBLEMS
October 4
– Asymmetric Information and Agency – Chapter 10 (Folland et al, 2010), pp.

SUPPLY OF HEALTH CARE
October 11

– Physicians, Their Practices, and the Market for Physician Service – Chapter 13 (Hurley, 2010), pp.
– Health Care Institutions: Hospitals – Chapter 14 (Hurley, 2010), pp.

October 18

– The Pharmaceutical Industry – Chapter 14 (Santerre and Neun, 2010), pp.
– Pharmaceutical Policy – The Dance between Industry, Government, and the Medical Profession – Chapter14
(Raphael et al, 2006), pp.

EVALUATION OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

October 25
– Cost and Benefit Analysis – Chapter 3 (Santerre and Neun, 2010), pp.

COMPARATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

November 1
– Health Care in Canada: Organization, Financing, and Access, HPRU Report -Barer and Evans (2001), pp. *
November 8
– Medical Care Systems Worldwide – Chapter 14 (Henderson, 2009), pp.

HEALTH SYSTEMS REFORM AND THE FUTURE

November 15
– What Seems to be the Problem? The International Movement to Restructure Health Care Systems, HPRU 92:8D –
Evans (1992), pp.
November 22

– Does the Aging of the Population Really Drive the Demand for Health care? By Uwe Reinhardt, Health
Affairs, 22(6), 2003, pp. 27-39. *
– Population Aging and the determinants of Healthcare Expenditures: the Case of Hospital, Medical and
Pharmaceutical care in British Columbia, 1996-2006, by S. Morgan and C. Cunningham, Healthcare Policy, 7(1),
2011, pp. 68-79. *
– Completing the Vision: Achieving the Second Stage of Medicare – Chapter 19 (Campbell and Marchildon,
2007), pp.
.