Health Care Policy and Economics
Course content provides the student with advanced policy, economic and financial knowledge, frameworks and skills required to assume a leadership role in healthcare. An emphasis is placed on using evidence to develop an understanding of key relationships between political, economic and financial dimensions in healthcare and how these relationships affect a selected population of interest.
Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to: 1) Evaluate the influences of policy on health care delivery at institutional, local, state, national or global levels; 2) Analyze the effects of health policy; 3) Analyze the effects of economic factors on health care decision making; 4) Apply strategies for assessing costs, maximizing productivity, and achieving quality outcomes in evidence-based practice and/or research; 5) Design practice improvement recommendations that account for policy, economic and financial variables affecting selected populations.
Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to: 1) Evaluate the influences of policy on health care delivery at institutional, local, state, national or global levels; 2) Analyze the effects of health policy; 3) Analyze the effects of economic factors on health care decision making; 4) Apply strategies for assessing costs, maximizing productivity, and achieving quality outcomes in evidence-based practice and/or research; 5) Design practice improvement recommendations that account for policy, economic and financial variables affecting selected populations.