Healthcare Economics and Policy

Catalog description

This course explores the organization, management, financing, and reimbursement of healthcare services within complex, rapidly changing healthcare delivery systems. Important legal, ethical, political, and advocacy principles and their impact on health care, especially for vulnerable populations, are emphasized, focusing on equity, access, affordability, and social justice. Ethical decision-making and conflict-resolution skills are developed. A review of regulatory agency policies that impact nursing practice, scope, and roles is included in the course. Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program.