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ECON 2289

Which is Better? An Economic Comparison of Health Care in France, the U.K., and the U.S. · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

100BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 2024

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

21stMore challenging than 21% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”2 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course is designed as an introduction to the health care systems of the U.S., the U.K., and France. In 2010, the WHO carried out the first ever analysis of the world's health systems and found that France provided the best overall health care. The U.K. was ranked #18 and the U.S. at #37. This couples with the U.S. spending 17.2% of its GDP in 2016 on health expenditures despite not having particularly good health outcomes (e.g., 38.2% obesity rate, 2015). By comparison, France only spends 11% of its GDP on health expenditures and has an obesity rate of 19.5%. The New York Times recently published a series of articles attempting to understand why the U.S. spends so much more than other (developed) countries and did not note and differences in utilization rates, for example, and instead explained the phenomena by referencing Uwe Reinhardt's famous 2003 paper entitled, "It's the Prices Stupid." In 2011, the BBC was happy to report the better health the English enjoyed relative to the Americans despite similar demographics (and worse weather and food!). This course will introduce students to these three representative health care systems and will seek to understand the disconnect between health care outcomes and spending. The 2010 Affordable Care Act essentially preserved the privatized nature of health care in the U.S. despite nearly every other (developed) country in the world having universal coverage.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Tracy ReganUniversity and Capstone Provisional	1002 records	25th	21st	5061 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Tracy Regan is the only instructor with evaluation records for ECON 2289, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Tracy Regan

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ECON 1101Principles of Economics	46223 records	73
UNCS 2245First-Year Topic Seminar	32107 records	89
UNAS 1702Life Liberty & Health: The Economics Policy and Law of Healthcare	224 records	78
ECON 3385Health Economics	38 records	87
ECON 1702Life, Liberty & Heath: The Economics, Policy and Law of Healthcare	26 records	83
UNCP 5527Capstone: Your Roaring 20s (and Beyond)	15 records	95

Other ECON classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ECON 1101Principles of Economics	46223 records	73
ECON 2228Econometric Methods	33131 records	71
ECON 1151Statistics	2797 records	72
ECON 2202Macroeconomic Theory	2072 records	69
ECON 2201Microeconomic Theory	1967 records	71
ECON 9900Third Year Thesis Workshop	1440 records	91

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

100100th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

100100th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

100100th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

100100th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

100100th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

100100th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9578th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9887th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8521st pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9571st pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Tracy Regan	Summer 2024	01	100	100	40
Tracy Regan	Summer 2022	01	100	100	40

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.