HC263 - Introduction to Healthcare Economics and Policy

This course provides the fundamental economic principles and tools that healthcare administrators need to utilize for effective decision making within the healthcare industry. This course explores a framework for understanding government policies, legislation, healthcare market supply and demand, health services pricing, profitability, risk issues within the healthcare economic system, and how health economics is used to analyze health policy questions and provide support for new policy formulation.
Fulfills: Writing Intensive,
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credits: 3