Health Policy for Managers

Catalog description

This course addresses major U.S. health policy issues and the critical processes that influence them. Topics include policy process, public health, the effect of welfare policy on health care, social policy as health policy, health care reform, and others. The course analyzes the politics of health policy in terms of legislative and executive processes; the forces involved including economic, social, ethical, and political factors; and key players in health policy, such as special interest groups, public agencies, and elected officials.