Healthcare Policy and Economics

Catalog description

Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course introduces the student to the basic economic and healthcare policy concepts using analytical methods to understand and evaluate these aspects across various sectors of the healthcare system. Secondary consequences and limitations of current trends are explored. Policies are placed in a historical context to show how issues have been influenced by different political and economic conditions. The course applies tools of analysis to the behavior of healthcare lawmakers, providers, health insurance organizations, pharmaceutical industries, not-for-profit, and federally funded clinics.