Economics of Health and Health Care Systems Comprehensive Exam - Cheatsheet

# 🎓 Economics of Health and Health Care Systems - Study Guide ## 📋 Course Structure ``` 📚 Economics of Health and Health Care Systems ├── 📖 Chapter 1: The Production Function of Health │ ├── 🔹 Mathematical Modeling of Health Production │ ├── 🔹 Historical Determinants of Mortality Decline │ └── 🔹 Modern Contributions of Medical Care ├── 📖 Chapter 2: The Grossman Model of Health Capital │ ├── 🔹 Health as a Consumption and Investment Good │ ├── 🔹 Time Constraints and the Production of Health │ └── 🔹 Equilibrium and the Cost of Capital ├── 📖 Chapter 3: Socioeconomic Determinants: Education, Income, and Obesity │ ├── 🔹 The Role of Schooling in Health Production │ ├── 🔹 Income, Environment, and Social Capital │ └── 🔹 Obesity as Human Capital Deterioration ├── 📖 Chapter 4: Economic Evaluation: CBA and CEA │ ├── 🔹 Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) │ ├── 🔹 Discounting and Present Value │ └── 🔹 Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analysis └── 📖 Chapter 5: Valuing Human Life and Quality of Life ├── 🔹 Valuing Human Life (VSL) ├── 🔹 QALYs and DALYs Mechanics └── 🔹 Equity, Efficiency, and Critiques ``` ## 📖 Chapter 1: The Production