ECON2460 Health Economics (University of Queensland): rated 3.9/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
ECON2460 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 健康经济学
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Life, healthy living, longevity, ageing, death: why health economics is important - this course will provide descriptive and theoretical aspects and help you to look at health and health care issues through the distinctive lens of an economist, changing forever the way you think about these concepts. The central concern is the behaviour of economic agents (that includes you!
ECON2460 has 2 scored reviews: overall 3.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.9/5).
On Reddit: "ECON student here, so I can only speak to those. ECON2060 - Behavioural economics is highly recommended. No exam, and they teach it with no assumption of any ECOn background. ECON2460 is also pretty basic in terms of content, just applied to health economics, but there's a bit o…"
On Reddit: "I did do & really enjoy ECON2460 (health economics) so that’s definitely another path I could look at - I just need to look into & understand more about what careers it could lead to."
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Q: Is ECON2460 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: overall 3.9/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON2460, and when is it offered?
A: ECON2460 is taught by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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