Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care

Catalog description

Examines healthcare economics, political and public health issues, and their relation to development and implementation of health policies at regional, national and international levels. Health policy influences multiple care delivery issues, including health disparities, underserved populations, cultural sensitivity, ethics, law, health care financing, and issues of equity and social justice in the delivery of healthcare. The DNP role will be discussed in the creation of such policies. Students must earn a grade of "B" or higher in this course or it will have to be repeated.