Public Health
PHTH 2515: Healthcare Policy and Administration
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Focuses on management and policy issues in healthcare.
- Discusses management and administrative structures in hospitals and other healthcare organizations, including community clinics and health organizations, both private and public.
- Introduces the financial systems, economic information, and payment mechanisms necessary to understand healthcare financing.
- Also explores the variety of factors that influence population health from a healthcare policy perspective.
- Offers students an opportunity to learn how to analyze, prepare, and write policy briefs based on understanding the various economic, legal, and political forces shaping healthcare in the United States.
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