The Course Project will demonstrate a student’s communication, analytical, and online research skills in discussing a topic related to health care economics. The project should be a formal paper (including an executive summary) that provides an insightful analysis using economic concepts with a discussion that demonstrates critical thinking ability. The paper should have an introduction explaining why the topic is of interest, a short literature review, a main body of the paper that uses economic concepts and tools to discuss all the relevant issues on that topic, a discussion on policy and implications, conclusion, and a bibliography section citing all the sources. The project paper must include a minimum of two economic principles studied during the term of the course, i.e. opportunity cost, marginal analysis, markets and pricing, supply and demand, elasticity, efficiency, or market failure.
The Economics of Subsidizing Childhood Immunizations
December 5th, 2016