Week 15
Cost of the Health Care System
Reading 1: Rosenthal Chapters 2 & 3
Reading 2: “Health Care Spending in the US and Other High Income Countries” Journal of the American Medical Association 2018 (pg1024-1039)
Video 1: The Real Reason American Health Care is So Expensive (6 min)
Video 2: The Economics of Healthcare (10 min)
Guiding Questions:
What aspect of health care does the US spend the most money on?
Why does the US spend more money than other countries?
Does high spending on health care lead to improved health in the population of the US?