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BME 364Engineering Biomedical Economics

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Biomedical Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course examines key economic issues in health care and biomedical industries. Topics include the market for medical care, health insurance, various models of health care delivery and competition and the role of government in policy, financing and delivery of health care. This course will train students to use economic analysis to model and understand the complex interactions between health care delivery, insurance markets, health innovators, governments, and firms.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • SYDE262 - Engineering Economics and Sustainability (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001490671 / 85TTh 14:30–15:50
TUT 101490771 / 85T 16:00–16:50

Reviewed on UW Flow

29% liked it72% easy28% useful

From 14 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Honestly, the only people who found this course hard probably put the minimum effort into the course and were shocked when they couldn't do well on midterms/assignments by cramming the day before. If Elahe teaches this course again, ~80% of the assignment answers are straight from the textbook so I suggest actually dedicating some time to skim it. Average for the final project was likely in the 90s but you wouldn't be able to tell given the class's supposed inability to succeed without being given an explicit rubric (despite expectations being made very clear in class). Apparently, in a group project third-year engineers are incapable of deducing that "demonstrating teamwork" means the…

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  • Very easy midterm and exam. Very difficult paper.

    Nov 2022 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Pace is a bit slow

    Nov 2022 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very birdy course. The midterm could have been aced with an hour of studying. People usually stop showing up to lectures halfway through the term.

    Oct 2018 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

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Fall 2017

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