Policy and Regulation in Health Care

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The scholar-practitioner-leader will focus on the role of health policy and regulations in the administration of health care systems. Students critically assess the complex dynamics of politics, ethics, and policy in the development of health legislation and regulations. The process of developing policy, rules and regulations at federal, state, and local levels is examined. Evidence-based approaches are applied to evaluate the effectiveness of implemented policy with emphasis on access, cost, quality and outcome measures. Major health legislation enacted during the 20th and 21st centuries and their impacts on health care at societal, system, and organization levels are reviewed.