Health Care Policy & Delivery Systems

Catalog description

This course focuses on the assessment and analysis of health care policy, selected policy models, health care delivery systems and the organizational theories and behavior involved in those systems. Ethical, legal, economic, and social factors impacting policy development and healthcare delivery are addressed. The policy making processes at the organizational system, local, state, national, and international level are explored. The role of advanced practice nurses / nurse leaders on policy, health care delivery, and health outcomes are emphasized. Current trends and alternate health care delivery models are explored.