In this course the market for medical services and in particular the supply of services from physicians and hospitals is analyzed. The focus is on behavioural incentives and how they are shaped by the charactaristics of health as a special good as well as by institutional settings. Topics to be covered are “supplier induced demand”, “quality-quantity-relationship in hospitals” and “optimal reimbursement schemes”. The course will also cover individual health behaviour.Throughout the course microeconomic models will be used.
Target Group
This course is part of the Spezialisation Area Health Economics of the MSE. Students in the Master programs Arbeitsmarkt&Personal, Sozialökonomik and Management can take the course as an elective module or choose the aequivalent German course Angebot medizinischer Leistungen.
Dates
The course is taught every summer term. Dates for summer term 2019 are:
- Lecture (Prof. Dr. Harald Tauchmann): Wednesday 11.30-13.00 room FG 3.023.
- Exercise Class (Prof. Dr. Harald Tauchmann): Tuesday 9.45-11.15 room FG 1.036. Dates: 7th May / 21st May / 4th June / 25th June / 9th July / 16th July / 23th July