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HEALTH ECONOMICS（ＧＰＰ）

Subtitle	Health Policy Management
Lecturer(s)	ITOH, YUKIKO
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2025 Fall
Day/Period	Mon.2
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	27208
Faculty/Graduate School	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Department/Major	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Year Level	3, 4
Field	SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS
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Course Description	A series of these classes provide GPP students with the opportunity to enroll in courses with a high degree of specialized content. Such classes will focus upon the topics of management, accounting, commerce, economics, and industrialization. By enrolling in these courses, students will increase both their practical and theoretical knowledge base.
K-Number	FBC-BC-34353-212-07

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FBC	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Course Administrator	Department/Major	BC	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE
Main Course Number	Level	3	Third-year level coursework
	Major Classification	4	Major Field Course
	Minor Classification	35	Iii Major Field Elective Courses - Common
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		07	Economics, business administration, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

On completion of this course, students are supposed to:
• Apply economic concepts and techniques to analyze issues in health and health care;
• Understand the principles and techniques of economic evaluation of health interventions using the basic principles of epidemiology;
• Analyze health systems and health policy issues mainly in Japan;

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Reference Books

Rice, T.H. and Unruh, L. (2015). The Economics of Health Reconsidered. Chicago: Health Administration Press 4th Edition
Phelps, C.E. (2012). Health Economics, Fifth Edition. (The Pearson Series in Economics) Publisher: Routledge, ISBN-13: 978-0132948531 ISBN-10: 0132948532
Folland, S., Goodman, A. and Stano, M. (2016). The Economics of Health and Health Care. Pearson International Edition Seventh Edition. Routledge. ISBN-10: 1292020512 or ISBN-13: 978-1292020518
Bhattacharya, J., Hyde, T. and Tu, P. (2013). Health Economics Palgrave. ISBN-10: 113702996X and ISBN-13: 978-1137029966
Witter, S., Ensor, T., Jowett, M. and Thompson, R. (20015. Health Economics for Developing Countries: A Practical Guide. KIT Publishers, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-9460221316
ISBN-10: 9460221319
Santerre, R.E. and Neun, S.P. (2013). Health Economics: Theories, Insights and Industry Studies. Thomson South-Western, Cengage Learning. Sixth Edition ISBN-10: 1111822727 | ISBN-13: 9781111822729

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