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Professor Zeiler

J.D. Course 158 (cross-listed) | 3 credit hours

This course is designed to provide a broad overview of health care law from an economic perspective. The main goal of the course is to build a solid understanding of the different ways in which economic theory and empirical findings can inform health care policy. The course will begin with a description of the industry’s organization and a discussion of the economic rationale behind industry regulation. The main focus will be on analyzing the impacts of legal rules and proposed rules on health care markets using the tools of economics. Topics will include health care financing, access, quality of care, the role of information, and various features of the recent health care reform act. Familiarity with the fields of economics and health care law is not required.