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Foundations of health economics
- Definition and scope of health economics
- Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost in healthcare
- Basic economic concepts for nurses
- Role of health economics in nursing practice
Demand, supply and markets
- Demand for healthcare
- Supply of healthcare
- Healthcare market characteristics
- Efficiency and equity in healthcare
Costing and resource allocation
- Types of healthcare costs
- Costing of nursing and hospital services
- Resource allocation and priority setting
- Hospital economy and material resources
Health financing and insurance
- Health financing in Nigeria
- Health insurance concepts
- National Health Insurance Authority and schemes
- Out-of-pocket and public financing
Budgeting and economic evaluation
- Budgeting in health services
- Budgetary decision making
- Methods of economic evaluation
- Quality control, audit and evaluation

Health Economics