HADM 600 - Introduction to Health Care Systems

3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to help students learn about essential aspects of the organization, financing and delivery of healthcare in the United States. Students will acquire an enhanced understanding of the complex US health care system. The course has a macro-level orientation; however, the material necessitates considering how the many facets of the US healthcare system affect communities, families and individuals. The US healthcare system is like an ecosystem with various sub-components that interact with each other and with broader social, economic and political forces to create a complex, dynamic and intricate system. We can change the healthcare system, but we need to consider how proposed changes will affect other components of the system and broader society as well as what resistance various stakeholders will likely put forth.