Date |
Topic |
| Jan. 16 |
Introduction |
| Jan. 18 |
Ch. 2: Supply &
Demand, Comparative Statics
Do Exercise #3 on page 50 of the Text |
| Jan. 21 |
Ch. 2:
Linear and NonLinear Functions |
| Jan. 23 |
Ch. 2: Consumer
Theory, Elasticities
Do Exercise #6 on page 50 of the Text |
| Jan. 24 |
Ch. 2:
Production Theory (Prod. Functions, Costs, Economies of Scale)
Do Example Provided in Class |
| Jan. 25 |
Review of Costs
(Solutions) |
| Jan. 28 |
Ch. 2: Market
Structure: Perfect
Competition |
| Jan. 30 |
Ch. 2:
Monopoly, Lernex Index
Find Lerner Index for Apples and Movie Tickets,
Table 2-3 |
| Feb. 1 |
Antitrust
Topic for
Presentation Due |
| Feb. 4 |
Ch. 3:
Statistical Tools Diff. in Means
Difference in Means-Is There Discrimination
Here?
(Solutions) |
| Feb. 6 |
Ch. 3:
Statistical Tools: Regression |
| Feb. 8 |
John Q:
Setting Up of the Dilemma |
| Feb. 11 |
John Q:
So, how SHOULD Healthcare be Allocated? |
| Feb. 13 |
Contingency
Tables
Test Whether Drug A or B
"Matters"
(Solutions)
Data File for Chapter 3 Exercises
Exercises 1-4 on page 67 of the Text |
| Feb. 15 |
Test #1 |
| Feb. 18 |
Ch. 5: The
Production of Health
A Cobb-Douglas Production Function
(Exercise 1 on page 110) |
| Feb. 20 |
Ch. 5: Factors
Affecting the Production of Health |
| Feb. 22 |
Ch. 6:
Substitution, Elasticity of Substitution |
| Feb. 25 |
DUR's and Formularies |
| Feb. 27 |
Ch. 6: Econ. of
Scale and Scope
Economies of Scale
and Scope |
| Feb. 29 |
Demand for
Medical Care: Need vs. Willingness to Pay |
| Mar. 3 |
CONs, and Supplier-Induced-Demand
Outline of Presentation Due |
| Mar. 5 |
Ch. 7: Demand
for Health: Labor/Leisure Trade-Off, Health as Investment or Consumption
Good?
Do Exercises 4 and 5 End of Chapter 7 |
| Mar. 7 |
Ch. 7: Investment & Consumption Prod. Possibilities |
| Mar. 10 |
Ch. 7: Demand for
Health Capital, MEI
Do Exercise 8 End of Chapter 7 |
| Mar. 12 |
Test #2 |
| Mar. 15-
24 |
Spring
Furlough - No classes |
| Mar. 27: Wed.
Classes on Thursday |
Medical
Malpractice: Reform and Its Effects |
| Mar. 28 |
Ch. 8: Health Insurance: Terminology, Risk & Expected
Utility Theory
Do Exercise 6 End of Chapter 8 |
| Mar. 31 |
FTX No
Class |
| Apr. 2 |
Ch. 8: Demand for Health Insurance |
| Apr. 4 |
Ch. 8: Supply of
Health Insurance
|
| Apr. 7 |
Monster Tax
Destroys Tobacco Industry-Auto Industry is Next |
| Apr. 9 |
Regressive Excise Taxes, Accountability and Incentives |
| Apr. 11 |
Barracks as a Microcosm of the "Real World" |
| Apr. 14 |
Sicko |
| Apr. 16 |
Sicko |
| Apr. 18 |
Alternative HC
Programs |
| Apr. 21 |
Our HC Programs |
| Apr. 23 |
Hemophilia
Hepatocellar Cancer |
| Apr. 25 |
Illegal Immigration and Heath Care
ALS |
|
Apr. 28 |
Walking Corpse Syndrome
Fibromyalgia |
| Apr. 30 |
Last Day Review |
| May 1 |
Reading Day
Test #3 |
| May 9 |
Exams End |
| May 16 |
Commencement |
