Healthcare Economics and Insurance Basics

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Healthcare Economics and Insurance Basics

Instructor: EDUCBA

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze healthcare demand, supply, market structures, and resource allocation using economic principles.
Evaluate health insurance models, government schemes, and healthcare financing mechanisms.
Apply health economics concepts to support healthcare planning, cost control, and policy decisions.

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There are 4 modules in this course

Master the fundamentals of health economics and health insurance to make smarter healthcare decisions.

Learn how demand, supply, and financial systems shape real-world healthcare outcomes. This course provides a comprehensive foundation in health economics, demand forecasting, and healthcare financing, along with a deep understanding of health insurance systems in India. You will explore key concepts like elasticity, market structures, and resource allocation, and apply them to real healthcare scenarios. Gain practical insights into financial management in health systems, cost control, and efficient resource utilization. Understand major government schemes like CGHS, ESIS, and RSBY, along with private and community insurance models. By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyze healthcare markets, evaluate insurance systems, and apply economic principles to healthcare decision-making, making it ideal for students, professionals, and policy aspirants in the healthcare domain.

Build a strong foundation in health economics by understanding scarcity, demand behavior, elasticity, and consumer decision-making in healthcare markets.

What's included

7 videos4 assignments

7 videosTotal 58 minutes

Introduction to economics and Concept of health eco9 minutes
Concept Of Demand10 minutes
Law Of Demand10 minutes
Exception To The Law Of Demand5 minutes
Elasticity Of Demand7 minutes
Importance And Factors Affecting Elasticity Of Demand10 minutes
Cross Elasticity Of Demand7 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Foundations of Health Economics30 minutes
Introduction to Health Economics10 minutes
Understanding Demand Behavior10 minutes
Measuring Demand Sensitivity10 minutes

Analyze supply dynamics, elasticity, and healthcare market structures, including monopoly, and apply forecasting concepts to predict demand trends.

What's included

7 videos4 assignments

7 videosTotal 48 minutes

Supply8 minutes
Asumptions & Exceptions to law of supply6 minutes
Elasticity of supply6 minutes
Supply schedule & Supply curve5 minutes
Market economy9 minutes
Monopoly6 minutes
Demand forecasting7 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Supply & Market Dynamics in Healthcare30 minutes
Basics of Supply10 minutes
Supply Analysis Tools10 minutes
Market Structures & Forecasting10 minutes

Develop skills in demand forecasting, financial planning, and cost control to improve efficiency and decision-making in healthcare systems.

What's included

8 videos4 assignments

8 videosTotal 66 minutes

Importance of demand forecasting9 minutes
Methods of demand forecasting7 minutes
Criterias of demand forecasting11 minutes
What is financial management of health?8 minutes
Mobilization of resources8 minutes
Curtailment of wasteful expenditure10 minutes
Requirement of health systems in India6 minutes
Requirement of health systems in India in depth7 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Demand Forecasting & Health Financial Management30 minutes
Forecasting Demand Effectively10 minutes
Financial Management in Health Systems10 minutes
Cost Control & System Needs10 minutes

Explore public, private, and community health insurance models with a focus on Indian schemes and real-world challenges in healthcare financing.

What's included

11 videos4 assignments

11 videosTotal 86 minutes

Meaning of Health Insurance9 minutes
Essentials in health insurance7 minutes
Basic elements in health insurance program9 minutes
CGHS10 minutes
Employee State Insurance Scheme (ESIS)6 minutes
Employee State Insurance Scheme benefits6 minutes
UHIS and RSBY10 minutes
Private Health Insurance9 minutes
Private Health Insurance- Issues and Challenges6 minutes
Community Health Insurance6 minutes
Performance of community Health Insurance8 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Health Insurance Systems & Models30 minutes
Fundamentals of Health Insurance10 minutes
Government Health Insurance Schemes10 minutes
Insurance Models & Challenges10 minutes

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