Healthcare Policy and Economics

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Development, advocacy and analysis of healthcare policy and economics and the role of the doctor of nursing practice in leading policy change; emphasis on dynamic relationship between healthcare policy and economics; cost and benefit analysis, resource allocation and economic theories; budgeting process and systems of reimbursement; comparison of global, national, state and local systems of financing healthcare. Prerequisites: Doctor of Nursing Practice.