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Healthcare Economics and Insurance Basics

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Master the fundamentals of health economics and health insurance to make smarter healthcare decisions. Learn how demand, supply, and financial systems shape real-world healthcare outcomes. This course provides a comprehensive foundation in health economics, demand forecasting, and healthcare financing, along with a deep understanding of health insurance systems in India. You will explore key concepts like elasticity, market structures, and resource allocation, and apply them to real healthcare scenarios. Gain practical insights into financial management in health systems, cost control, and efficient resource utilization. Understand major government schemes like CGHS, ESIS, and RSBY, along with private and community insurance models. By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyze healthcare markets, evaluate insurance systems, and apply economic principles to healthcare decision-making, making it ideal for students, professionals, and policy aspirants in the healthcare domain.

Syllabus

  • Foundations of Health Economics
    • Build a strong foundation in health economics by understanding scarcity, demand behavior, elasticity, and consumer decision-making in healthcare markets.
  • Supply & Market Dynamics in Healthcare
    • Analyze supply dynamics, elasticity, and healthcare market structures, including monopoly, and apply forecasting concepts to predict demand trends.
  • Demand Forecasting & Health Financial Management
    • Develop skills in demand forecasting, financial planning, and cost control to improve efficiency and decision-making in healthcare systems.
  • Health Insurance Systems & Models
    • Explore public, private, and community health insurance models with a focus on Indian schemes and real-world challenges in healthcare financing.

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