NURS 9100 - Health Policy

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the DNS Program or permission of the instructor.
This course provides an orientation to various analytical and substantive components fundamental to health policy. Students develop skills in analysis, application, evaluation and development of policies related to public health with a focus on issues related to inequalities in health services such as access, costs, utilization, and rationing. Health care policies, along with methods and delivery systems, are compared within developed and developing countries. Real situations are examined in which specific policy decisions are made by public and private health managers or officials.