ECON 437Health Economics: Understanding Roles of Regulation, Public Policy, and Demographic Change
Economics · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Limited to Master of Applied Economics students. Applied microeconomics study of economics of health care sector. Examination of trends in health care costs, functioning of health care sector, structure of insurance markets, and current public health issues. Study of how underlying economic concepts such as adverse selection and moral hazard lead to market failures. Examination of impact of policy and demographic change on future costs.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.