Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University - Moodle

HADM 4385 - Health Policy: This course focuses on the major dimensions of health policy, analyzing key contemporary issues in healthcare policy with their legal and economic impacts. The theoretical frameworks of policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation are discussed along with the roles of different branches and levels of government in healthcare. Analysis of selected legal principles and their application to the health field is included. The Health Policy framework is utilized in this course to bridge the government and market forces in a continuum to explain the legal and economic implications of our decisions in determining health policies in the United States.

HEALTHCARE POLICY: LEGAL & ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS:

This course explores health policy through the lenses of law and economics. It examines the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, and local government in formulating, implementing, and evaluating healthcare laws. By analyzing the key contemporary issues in health policy, this course explores their macro and microeconomic impacts using economic concepts like supply and demand, efficiency, competitive markets, and the production and distribution of healthcare services.