RESUMEN
The PBL teaching and the case teaching have begun to be applied to the course of health economics, which has strong adaptability to the two teaching methods. Two teaching methods not only have the same characteristics, such as diversified teaching, outstanding students as the main body, paying atten-tion to the theory and practice, emphasizing on the comprehensive use of knowledge, but also have different characteristics, such as teaching idea, applied range and points of focus. These similar characteristics and differences are reflected in the development of health economics course. Based on the differences and simi-larities of the two teaching methods and further integration of the characteristics of health economics, this paper puts forward the countermeasures to optimize the application of the two teaching methods in health economics course.