Health Economics_医療経済特論

後期 火曜日 １講時 経済学部第８演習室. 単位数/Credit(s): 2. 担当教員/Instructor: MICHIO YUDA. 対象学年/Eligible Participants: 全／ALL. 履修年度: 2024. 科目ナンバリング/Course Numbering: EEM-ECO608E. 使用言語/Language Used in Course: English.

科目名/Subject

Health Economics

担当教員

湯田　道生

授業の目的と概要/Object and summary of class

This class provides the theoretical backgrounds of major topics in health economics at the master level after quickly introducing those of the undergraduate level.

This class also provides basic causal inference and microeconometrics methods used in recent health economics studies.

学習の到達目標/Goal of study

The goals of study of this class are:
(1) To learn basic and constructive economic knowledge to analyze the current health policies and the problems of health systems in order to provide the "evidence-based health policy".
(2) To be able to understand leading-edge studies in health economics.

授業内容・方法と進度予定/Contents and progress schedule of the class

The schedule of this course is as follows:
　#01 Guidance and an overview of health economics/ Ordinary least squares
　#02 Health capital model
　#03 Empirical analyses on health capital (Maximum likelihood estimation)
　#04 Empirical analyses on health capital (Binary choice model)
　#05 Health insurance theory
　#06 Moral hazard
　#07 Causal inference
　#08 Empirical analyses on health insurance (Health insurance experiment)
　#09 Empirical analyses on health insurance (Local average treatment effect)
　#10 Empirical analyses on health insurance (Panel data models)
　#11 Theory of Supplier-induced demand
　#12 Empirical analyses on supplier-induced demand (Instrumental variable estimation)
　#13 Theory of supply of medical services
　#14 Empirical analyses on supply of medical services (Productiity analyses)
　#15 Summary
Note that theoretical parts will be provided by a on-demand lecture, and empirical parts will be provided at a classroom.

成績評価方法/Evaluation method

Several times take-home examinations (100%)

教科書および参考書/Textbook and references

• Health Economics, P.Zweifel, et al., Springer (2009) ISBN/ISSN: 9783540278047 資料種別:Text
• Introduction to Econometrics, JH Stock & MW Watson, Pearson Education (2019) ISBN/ISSN: 9781292264455 資料種別:Reference
• Causal Inference: The Mixtape, Scott Cunningham, Yale University Press (2021) ISBN/ISSN: 9780300251685 資料種別:Reference

授業時間外学習/Preparation and Review

Students need to download and check the lecture notes in advance and also review the topics after the class.
The code of Google Classroom for this lecture is "ij3koqf"

その他/In addition

I presuppose that students have already gained the knowledge of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics at the undergraduate level. Specifically, 中級ミクロ経済学・中級マクロ経済学・中級計量経済学・Microeconomics I & II・Macroeconomics I & II・Econometrics I。
I will provide other announcement of this lecture, especially contents & evaluation, only for the students of the Advanced Graduate Program for Future Medicine and Health Care (未来型医療創造卓越大学院プログラム) and those of the CAMPUS Asia Plus course (歯学研究科の世界展開力大学院コース).