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2026 - 2027 Undergraduate Catalog

HONR 3201 - Health Care Economics (3)

(HCAP 3100) The economics of the healthcare industry will be reviewed with an emphasis on the supply and demand for healthcare services. Critical issues that will be examined include the evolution of the healthcare industry in the United States, economic mechanisms of the industry, methods of payment, cost-effectiveness, cost/benefit analysis, national health insurance plans, financial incentives for physician reimbursements, and governmental subsidization and control. The economics of the present healthcare system will also be analyzed about poor and minority groups. The United States healthcare system will be discussed from the evaluation of the World Health Organization.