Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

UTCH-0006

Organization:

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Location:

Online

Length:

45 hours (15 weeks)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Introduction to Healthcare Policy and Law

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to participate in a survey course in U.S health policy and law. It begins by describing the basic machinery of policymaking and legal process that underpin the individual health care and public health systems and then turns to an exploration of many of the fundamental problems and contemporary issues in health policy and law.

Learning Outcomes:

Gain an understanding of the policymaking process and the legal system
Gain an understanding of the health care and public health systems
Gain an understanding of health care economics and financing and their relationship to health policymaking
Gain an understanding of federal health insurance programs and their connection to access to health care, the uninsured, and health reform
Gain an understanding of the basic legal concepts that underlie the health care and public health systems, including the legal rights and responsibilities of various stakeholders in the health care system and the extensive and complex role played by federal and state law in the protection of the public’s health
Gain an understanding of public health preparedness policy
Improve students’ analytic reasoning skills