HCAD 5313 – Economic Aspects of Health Care Administration

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Dr. Edward Schumacher

Summer 2008

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Course Syllabus in Word or PDF

Lecture Notes

Copies of The Papers

Debate Topics and Schedule

Questions for the Exam

How to Reach Me

Office: Chapman 402
Phone: 210.999.8137
Fax: 210.999.8108
email: eschumac@trinity.edu
Office Hours: M W 4-5pm, T TH 1-3pm or by appointment
Home Page:www.trinity.edu/eschumac

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Lecture Notes.

Week	Microsoft Word File	in PDF Format	Related Readings
1: May 19 21	Week 1	Week 1
2: May 26 28
3: June 2 4 6	Week 2 Week 3	Week 2 Week 3	NY Times: A Surprising Secret to a Long Life Stay in School New Yorker Magazine -- The Moral Hazard Myth
4: June 9 11	Week 4 Hospitals	Week 4 Hospitals	Wall Street Journal: Give Us Your Sick Wall Street Journal: In Medicaid, Private HMOs Take a Big, and Profitable, Role Wall Street Journal: In Health Care -- Consumer Theory Falls Flat
5: June 16 18			Wall Street Journal Nonprofit Hospitals, Once for the poor, strike it rich
7: June 30	Week 6	Week 6

Scotts Miracle Grow story on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7706152

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Copies of the Class Papers.

The following papers are in pdf format.

Catlin, Aaron, et al. 2008. “National health Spending in 2006: A Year of Change for Prescription Drugs,” Health Affairs, 27(1): 14-29.

Ginsburg, Paul B. 2008. “Don’t Break Out the Champagne: Continued Slowing of Health Care Spending Growth Unlikely to Last,” Health Affairs, 27(1): 30-32.

Vistnes, Jessica P. and Barbara S. Schone. 2008. “Pathways to Coverage: The Changing Roles of Public and Private Sources,” Health Affairs, 27(1): 44-57.

Ginsburg, Paul B. 2008. “Employment-Based Health Benefits Under Universal Coverage,” Health Affairs, 27(3): 675-685.

Rowe, John W. et al. 2008. “The Effect of Consumer-Directed Health Plans on the Use of Preventive and Chronic Illness Services,” Health Affairs, 27(1): 113-120.

Gabel, Jon R. et al. 2008. “Where Do I Send Thee? Does Physician-Ownership Affect Referral Patterns to Ambulatory Surgery Centers?” Health Affairs, Web Exclusive, w165-174.

Goldman, Dana P., et al. 2008. “Drug Licenses: A New Model for Pharmaceutical Pricing,” Health Affairs, 27(1): 122-129.

Debate Topics and Schedule

Debate Topics and Schedule

Questions for the Midterm Exam

Midterm Questions: Part 1 in Word in PDF

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