Health Economics-Discussion

1 page AMA format (cite all references in body of text and on reference page)

Due 1/6 by 10 pm EST

The reading this week introduced you to basic economic principles and medical care markets. From your reading you learned that economics is the allocation of scarce resources. In public health you will be looking at trade-offs: should time and money be allocated to this preventive activity or would it be better spent elsewhere? The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality https://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/ lets you look at how money was spent for hospital services. Run a query and share your findings.