Health Care Cost Accounting

Catalog description

Pre -requisites: ADSS 6585, ADSS 6516. Co - requisite: ADSS 6586. This course provides the student enrolled in the Health Services Administration Program the necessary analytical tools to determine the cost of the different components that intervene in the delivery of health services. The student will acquire skills in d etermining the human, technical, and capital resources that comprise the production of health services. These skills are of special importance in the new health care scenario, in which resources are limited, and managed care arrangements rely heavily cost data to meet extensive demands for multiple health priorities. The course will be taught through lectures and discussion.