Describe the history and evolution of health care economics and the timeline of health care funding. You may undertake a web search using the term “economic history in health care”, or a similar search phrase to find this information. 

Take the Health Care Economics and History tutorial located on your student website. Be sure to take notes as your review the definitions.

                        Your paper should be organized in six parts, as chapters in a book, as follows:

 Introduction

 This paper will define specific economic terms, discuss the history of economics as applied to healthcare, research, summarize three articles related to one of the economic terms as applied to healthcare and conclude with a Conclusion that summaries the entire discussion about economics as applied to healthcare service.

Part 1- Definitions:

 Research the definitions of the following terms: economics; supply and demand; macroeconomics; microeconomics; elasticity; inelasticity; and GNP (formally known as GDP, Gross Domestic Product). From your research, provide a definition of each term with each term being a subheading in your paper. (See Assignment Format Easy Version posted in the Class Course Materials forum for format). DO NOT POST ANY SCREEN SHOTS FROM THE TUTORIAL.

Part 2 History of Economics in Healthcare:

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word section in which you include the following:

Describe the history and evolution of health care economics and the timeline of health care funding. You may undertake a web search using the term “economic history in health care”, or a similar search phrase to find this information.

Part 3 Economic Articles:

Choose one of the economic terms and research its’ application in the health care environment. Clearly identify which economic term you will be researching. Pick three articles from a professional journal or a recognized publication (not Wikipedia – see below) concerning the term and individually summarize each of the three articles pertaining to one of the terms. Include a list of references and web site URL for each of the articles. The title of each article should serve as the subheading of the article summary.

Conclusion

 Conclude your paper with a Conclusion that sums up the entire paper.

References

Your paper should be organized in six sections, Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, the Conclusion and References as identified sections i.e. subheadings. In Part 1, each of the economic terms definitions should serve as a sub-subheading followed by the discussion. In Part 3, the title of each of the three articles should serve as the sub-subheading followed by the article summary. Remember, all three articles must apply to one of the economic terms.

All Individual Assignments are to be posted in the assignments section of your student view course web site using the appropriate subject line, e.g. “Wk 1 Economic Terms Paper”.

Paper is to conform to format as described in the “Assignment Format – Easy Version” document posted in the course materials forum. Assignment must have at least three authoritative published references.

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