Health Economics course develops an understanding of the relevance of economic concepts to the healthcare and public health sectors. It provides an application of economic models to demand, supply, and their interaction in the Saudi medical economy. It also covers the role of economic factors in the development of public policy concerning health, and healthcare. The course develops an understanding of the functioning and limitations of the market system and applying micro models in economic problem solving activities. The theoretical framework of this course includes the basic economic problems, supply and demand, analysis, consumer theory, production and cost theory, market structure, market failure and microeconomic policy.
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