1) What are some of the consumer assumptions of the competitive economic model of demand?
2) Describe Grossman’s Model as it relates to the demand for health, production of health stock and a rational person’s role.
3) Why do returns on health production depreciate?
4) Do you agree or disagree with the assumption that more units of medical care produce more health stock?
5) Why does an MEI curve move to the right or left?
6) What is the utility possibility frontier and how is it determined?
7) What are social determinants of health and why do they matter to economics of health production?
8) Choose one social determinant of health presented and describe how it could affect health production capability, and depreciation rate. When might this person encounter a structural barrier?
9) Now, starting with Wagstaff standard model that is 4.6, draw one of the effects on the model showing how the social determinant predicts a difference in health good demand. (Hint: You can screenshot 4.6 and draw the effect on it and upload that.) Below the image, write four sentences describing the effect – see last paragraph on page 85 for help.
10) Using concepts from the chapter, (BOLD THE CONSTRUCTS) how would you describe (no picture necessary) how health demands changed from ONE of the following:
· introduction of GLP1 treatment for obesity
· reduced reimbursement for virtual care visits post COVID, OR
· provision of free vaccinations.