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Building on the basic concepts and applications presented in Health Economics I, by applying the analytical tools of economics to issues in health and healthcare, with a specific focus on the supply side of the market. Examines asymmetric information and the role of agency; the market for health insurance; market structure in health care; the market for labor in health care; the market for pharmaceuticals; and government regulation of health care. Emphasizes mainstream neoclassical microeconomic theory as the basis for analysis, but will explore the implications when the assumptions of this model are violated.