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Course Description
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| PUBH 6535 |
Cost Accounting for Healthcare Services
(3.0 cr; Prereq-6557 or
#; A-F or Aud, spring, every year) Internal cost reporting
systems/reports for cost planning/control of operational costs.
Determining product line, pay/profitability. Product line pricing.
Resource allocation decisions. Strategic decision making. |
| PUBH 6540 |
Health care Organizational Behavior
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Health care
admin student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year) Human behavior in
organizations. Motivation, leadership, influence of organizational
structure, informal group behavior, interpersonal relations,
supervision. Emphasizes preventing/solving problems among
individuals/groups in organizations. |
| PUBH 6541 |
Statistics for Health Management Decision Making
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Health
care admin student or #; fall, every year) Variation. Frequency
distribution, measurement, probability, graphing. Significance
tests, estimation, trends; data handling. Modeling, odds ratios.
Prevalence, incidence and vital statistics. Research applications.
Statistical approach to rational administrative decision making.
Inductive teaching, lectures, computer/lab exercises. |
| PUBH 6542 |
Management of Health Care Organizations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Health
care admin student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year) Role
of hospital in health services delivery. Relationships with other
systems and the community. Emphasizes governance, medical staff, and
role of administrator. Lectures, on-site visits to health services
organizations. |
| PUBH 6543 |
Health Policy and Ethics
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Health care admin
student or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year) Overview of
public policies and ethics underlying financing, organization, and
delivery of health care services. |
| PUBH 6544 |
Principles of Problem Solving in Health Services Organizations
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Health care admin student or #; A-F or Aud, spring,
every year) Problem-solving theory/technique. Solving a management
problem within a health services organization. Presenting a report.
Lectures, seminars, demonstrations. |
| PUBH 6545 |
Advanced Problem Solving in Health Services Organizations
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[6544, health care admin student] or #; A-F or Aud,
spring, every year) Defining, analyzing, and solving significant
senior management-level operational or health public policy
problems. |
| PUBH 6547 |
Health Care Human Resources Management
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Health
care admin student or public health admin student or #; A-F or Aud,
spring, every year) Concepts in human resources management as
applied to health services organizations. Relationship between human
resources management and general management. Work and human
resources. Compensation/benefits, personnel planning,
recruitment/selection, training/development. Employee
appraisal/discipline. Union-management relations. |
| PUBH 6548 |
Medical Group Management
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Health care admin
student or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year) Overview of physicians
group management in integrated delivery systems.
Physician/administrative roles, operational/strategic issues,
alternative organizational models, risk-contracting, provider
payment methods, managing change, effective communication. |
| PUBH 6549 |
Long-Term Care Administration
(2.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every
year) Overview of practice-based and research-based knowledge for
managing/designing long term care services. |
| PUBH 6550 |
Long-Term Care Industry
(2.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Organization, financing, and delivery of long-term care services to
the aged. Demographic trends, financing structures, public policies,
societal responses to chronic illness. |
| PUBH 6551 |
Contemporary Problems in Health Care
(1.0 - 2.0 cr [max 2.0 cr];
Prereq-Grad student; fall, spring, every year) Current concepts,
problems, principles, and future developments of health and health
care, selected by students. Developing models based on current
literature and research. Verbal/written presentations from
policy/issue perspectives. |
| PUBH 6554 |
Marketing Health Services
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Health care admin
student or #; A-F or Aud, spring, summer, every year) Managing the
marketing function, marketing planning, strategy, and management
concepts. Identifying marketing problems/opportunities.
constructing, evaluating, and managing a marketing plan. |
| PUBH 6555 |
Topics in Health Economics
(2.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, summer,
every year) General principles of health economics applied to issues
in health. Implications for health policy. |
| PUBH 6556 |
Health and Health Systems
(2.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
History/evolution of U.S. health/medical care systems. Determinants
of health, threats to health. Promising avenues for
programs/policies in prevention, health promotion, and protection. |
| PUBH 6557 |
Health Finance I
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[[Health care admin or public
health admin/policy major], familiarity with computerized
spreadsheets] or #; fall, every year) Principles of
corporate/not-for-profit finance. Net present value, financial
analysis, capital budgeting, financing options/decisions, capital
structure, capital asset pricing model, financial planning, working
capital management. |
| PUBH 6558 |
Health Finance II
(4.0 cr; Prereq-[[Health care admin or PubH
admin/policy] student, familiarity with computerized spread-sheets]]
or #; spring, every year) Principles of corporate/not-for-profit
finance and insurance concepts integrated/applied to health care.
Capital/operating budgets. Medicare's payment systems for
hospitals/physicians, risk-adjusted capitation payment systems.
Population-based health care finance, managed care. Financing
aspects of public health policy and health care reform. |
| PUBH 6560 |
Operations Research and Quality in Healthcare
(2.0 cr;
Prereq-Grad level statistics; A-F or Aud, fall, every year) Using a
systems perspective to develop models to analyze/improve health care
operations. Identifying data needs/sources to model structures,
processes, and outcomes of care. Applying quality improvement,
management sciences/operations research techniques to real world
health care problems. |
| PUBH 6561 |
Quantitative Methods Applied to Health Administration Problems
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Health care admin student or #; A-F or Aud, spring,
every year) Application of Quantitative methods to secondary data,
including analysis, data handling, stepwise multiple linear
regression and discriminate analysis, pert, queuing, scheduling,
inventory and simulation used to solve health administrative
problems. Group research thesis with verbal/written presentations. |
| PUBH 6562 |
Information Technology in Health Care
(2.0 cr; fall, every year)
Managing information as a strategic resource within health care
organizations. Designing information technology systems to capture,
combine, and transform information to measure processes/outcomes of
care, support collaborative clinical decision making, support
management decisions, empower patients, and improve health care
operations. |
| PUBH 6563 |
Strategic Management in the Health Care Industry
(2.0 cr;
Prereq-Health care admin student or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every
year) Applies organizational theory, organizational analysis,
organizational behavior, and competitive analysis to providers,
suppliers, and insurers in the health care industry. |
| PUBH 6564 |
Managed Care
(2.0 cr; Prereq-MHA or MBA or HPM or PHA student
or #; A-F or Aud, fall, every year) Development and organization of
HMOs and PPOs: risk sharing, provider contracts, utilization
management, quality improvement, marketing, and new product
development; employer relations; Medicare and Medicaid contracting;
budget processing; financial performance; pricing; government
regulations. |
| PUBH 6570 |
Topics: Health Care Administration
(1.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr];
Prereq-Health care admin student or #; fall, spring, summer)
Selected readings in health care administration. Discussion based on
readings. |
| PUBH 6589 |
Medical Technology Evaluation and Market Research
(2.0 cr;
spring, every year) Analytical tools for formulating evaluations of
innovations in medical technologies. Disseminating results to get a
new product to market. |
| PUBH 6596 |
Legal Considerations in Health Services Organizations
(3.0 cr;
Prereq-Health care admin student; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Laws affecting administration of hospitals and other healthcare
organizations. Administrative law, corporate/business law, labor
law, civil liability, tax-related issues. Legal issues relevant to
administration, decision making, and planning. |
| PUBH 6700 |
Foundations of Public Health
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Public health
administration/policy major or #; fall, every year) Organization of
public health, predominately in the United States. Role of public
health administration. Problem-solving skills necessary for
effective administration. |
| PUBH 6705 |
Community Health Assessment
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Public health
admin/policy major or #; spring, every year) Two of the three core
functions of public health: health assessment, assurance. Lectures,
discussion, group activities, oral presentations. |
| PUBH 6711 |
Public Health Law
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student or professional
school student or #; spring, summer, every year) Basic concepts of
law, legislative process, and legal bases for
existence/administration of public health programs. Legal aspects of
current public health issues/controversies, regulatory role of
government in health services system. |
| PUBH 6717 |
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
(2.0 cr; Prereq-PubH or grad
student or #; fall, every year) Introduction to theory/application
of decision analysis. Focuses on normative (as opposed to
descriptive) modeling of decision-making under uncertainty. |
| PUBH 6721 |
Leading Collaborations
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Public health admin/policy major or #; Fall, every
year) Networks are a common feature of organizational life. Within
organizations, the informal networks of helping, sharing
information, and respect make organizations go. Between
organizations, coordination is essential for high performance. While
mental health care providers may be located in individual
organizations, their activities need to be coordinated so that care
of clients is integrated. Automated infectious disease tracking
requires the coordination of labs and county health departments. In
other cases, different organizations in a community band together in
network organizations, such as rural health networks and community
health information networks, to achieve community based goals that
no one organization could achieve alone. This course teaches you to
how to manage these organizational networks effectively. |
| PUBH 6724 |
The Health Care System and Public Health
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Public
health or grad student or #; fall, every year) Overview of health
care delivery, finance systems within public health context.
Components of health care system: financing, role of
employers/public programs, health care delivery system, managed
care. Collaborative interventions between managed care, public
health. |
| PUBH 6726 |
Medical Device Industry: Business and Public Policy
(3.0 cr;
Prereq-MPH or MHA or grad student or #; spring, every year)
Business, public policy, regulatory, technology management issues
concerning medical device/biotechnology industries. Nature/effects
of private-public sector interactions. Involvement by leaders in
Minnesota organizations. |
| PUBH 6727 |
Health Leadership and Effecting Change
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Public
health MPH or certificate student or #; spring, summer, every year)
Applications of a broad theoretical base in planned change to solve
managerial/organizational problems in health professions. |
| PUBH 6730 |
International Comparative Health Systems
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Public
health MPH or environmental health [MS or PhD] or health services
research/policy/administration [MS or PhD] or epidemiology PhD or
clinical research MS or #; spring, every year) History/development
of health systems from a socio-political perspective. Overview of
relative importance and meaning of health outcomes data. Role of
WHO. Students use OECD health database. |
| PUBH 6732 |
Topics and Methods in Global Health Assessment
(2.0 cr;
Prereq-[[[5705 or &5705], 5730, grad course in epidemiology],
[public health MPH or environmental health [MS or PhD] or health
services research/policy/administration [MS or PhD] or epidemiology
PhD or clinical research MS]] or #; spring, every year) Evaluation
of health populations relative to specific topics important to
global health, including methodology appropriate to examining a
particular issue. Focuses on deleloping countries. |
| PUBH 6741 |
Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Public health [MPH or certificate] student or
environmental health [MS or PhD] major or #; fall, spring, summer,
every year) Introduction to ethical issues in public health
practice/policy. Ethical analysis, recognizing/analyzing moral
issues. |
| PUBH 6742 |
Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy
(1.0 cr;
Prereq-Public health [MPH or certificate] student or [clinical
research MS or Environmental health [MS or PhD] or epidemiology PhD
or [health services research, policy/admin [MS or PhD]] major or #;
fall, spring, summer, every year) Introduction to ethical issues in
public health research/policy. Ethical analysis.
Recognizing/analyzing moral issues. |
| PUBH 6751 |
Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Public health MPH or certificate student or dentistry MS
or environmental health MS or PhD major or #; fall, spring, every
year) Role of health-care services administrators, principles of
management, administrative process. Lectures, case studies. |
| PUBH 6752 |
Public Health Management
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Public health [MPH or
certificate] student or [environmental health [MS or PhD] or [health
services research, policy/admin [MS or PhD]]] major or #; fall,
spring, summer, every year) Managing projects/organizations in
public health. Skills/knowledge necessary to determine mission of an
organization, structure it to support individuals in their work, and
motivate/manage to achieve goals. |
| PUBH 6762 |
Health Finance Applications
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[6558, [grad or
professional school] student] or #; spring, every year) Top
management perspective of healthcare financial management
responsibility in context of strategic issues. Emphasizes balancing
theory and applications. Capstone course. |
| PUBH 6765 |
Continuous Quality Improvement: Methods and Techniques
(3.0 cr;
fall, every year) Emphasizes applying statistical process control
techniques to health care management and clinical problems. History,
methods, and quality issues in health care system. |
| PUBH 6780 |
Topics: Public Health Administration and Policy
(0.5 - 4.0 cr
[max 80.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer) New courses or topics of
interest in public health administration/policy. |
| PUBH 6800 |
Topics: Health Services Research and Policy
(0.5 - 4.0 cr [max
80.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer) New courses or topics of interest in
health services research and policy. |
| PUBH 6802 |
Managing Electronic Health Information, Fall,
Thursdays from 9:05 A.M. to 12:05 P.M.
Managing health information is a central function of health care
organizations. Information is used for managing population health,
profiling providers, and measuring quality. This course describes
the organizational context of health information. Sources and types
of health information, organizational processes affecting
information quality, consistency, completeness, and accuracy,
methods for organizing information, and use of information will be
discussed. Relational data theory will be used to describe the
structure of information and Structured Query Language (SQL) will be
used to create and query databases. Students will be introduced to
the basic programming skills necessary to manage data in research
projects. Programming aspects of the course will use SQL procedure
in the SAS language. |
| PUBH 6803 |
Conducting a Systematic Literature Review,
2 cr.
Course description available Spring Semester 2008. |
| PUBH 6806 |
Principles of Public Health Research
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Pub hlth or
grad or professional school student or #; fall, every year)
Evaluation of public health research literature and planning for
independent research projects. Formulation of research question,
research design, sampling techniques, use of research concepts, and
data analysis. Data collection techniques, including questionnaires,
interviews, and data analysis. |
| PUBH 6809 |
Advanced Methods in Health Decision Science,
3 cr.
Course description available Spring Semester 2008. |
| PUBH 6832 |
Economics of the Health Care System
(3.0 cr; =[ECON 5890];
Prereq-[[Grad or professional school] student, knowledge of
[microeconomic analytical tools, analytical statistics]] or #; fall,
every year) Development of traditional issues in health economics.
Production of health, demand for health capital and health care,
insurance theory and markets, managed care, pricing, physician's
services, production and costs in health care institutions, role of
government, cost effectivness analysis, reform. |
| PUBH 6835 |
Health Services Policy
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[Pub hlth [MPH or
certificate] or pub affairs MPA or healthcare admin MHA or [health
serv research, policy/admin [MS or PhD]]] student or #; spring,
every year) Social, political, and economic context within which
U.S. health-care system developed. Influence of these contextual
elements on public policies guiding/regulating organization/delivery
of health services. |
| PUBH 6845 |
Using Demographic Data for Policy Analysis
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Grad
level research methods course, basic statistics course] or #; A-F
only, spring, every year) How to pose researchable policy questions,
locate existing data, turn data into a usable format, understand
data documentation, analyze data, communicate findings according to
standards of the professional policy community. Quantitative issues. |
| PUBH 6852 |
Program Evaluation in Health and Mental Health Settings
(3.0 cr;
Prereq-#; spring, every year) Overview of evaluation, models of
evaluation, objectives of an evaluative study, sampling of subjects,
methods of data collection, methodological designs, interpretation
of data, preparation of final report, ethical/political
considerations. |
| PUBH 6855 |
Medical Sociology
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[Grad or professional school]
student, previous experience with statistical software] or #;
spring, every year) Introduction to common theoretical/empirical
approaches used by sociologists to study health/illness. How content
reflects social inequalities in health/illness. Social processes
that shape experience of health/illness. |
| PUBH 6861 |
Health Insurance
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Microecon theory course or #;
A-F or Aud, spring, every year) Financing personal health care:
theory of insurance, health insurance markets, cost sharing, HMOs,
PPOs, public and catastrophic health insurance, and the uninsured.
Emphasis on public policy. |
| PUBH 6862 |
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care
(3.0 cr; Prereq-#;
introductory econ course recommended; spring, every year) Government
regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols.
Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. |
| PUBH 6863 |
Understanding Health Care Quality
(2.0 cr; fall, every year)
Introduction to assessing/assuring quality of care. Emphasizes both
process and outcomes approaches, paralleling interest in
appropriateness/effectiveness of care. Issues around creating needed
behavioral changes. |
| PUBH 6864 |
Conducting Health Outcomes Research
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Introductory
course in epidemiology or health services research methods or #;
spring, every year) Major concepts/principles in conducting health
outcomes research that evaluates medical care. Developing study
designs matched to research questions. Frequently used study
designs. Evaluating health outcomes. Analytical approaches. |
| PUBH 6875 |
Practice of Health Services Research
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Public
health MPH or grad student or #; fall, every year) How practice of
health services research is conducted in various organizations.
Presentations by guest lecturers from health services research
organizations. How the specific organization's research is funded,
how it sets an agenda, and how it carries out research. |
| PUBH 7581 |
Gerontology and Services for Long Term Care Residents
(2.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; A-F or Aud, spring, every year) Needs of and
programs for institutionalized elderly. Various aspects of human
aging. Five days of on-campus seminars combined with independent
study. |
| PUBH 7582 |
Practicum in Long-Term Care Administration
(4.0 cr;
Prereq-[7580, 7581, 7583] or [7587, 7588]; S-N or Aud, fall, spring,
summer, every year) Students apply knowledge to practice of
long-term care administration, under guidance of a preceptor. |
| PUBH 7583 |
Managerial Accounting in Long-Term Care Administration
(4.0 cr;
Prereq-Introductory accounting; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Advanced managerial accounting. Financial statement analysis,
strategic planning, costing, control. Planning for capital needs in
long-term care administration. Specific applications made to
Minnesota State Medicaid reimbursement, Rule 50 cost reporting,
nursing home industry standards, and budgeting process. Five days of
on-campus seminars are combined with independent study. |
| PUBH 7584 |
Health Care and Medical Needs
(2.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, every
year) Differentiation between aging process and disease process.
Common conditions/diseases associated with aging. |
| PUBH 7585 |
Community Health Care Leadership Development I
(5.0 - 10.0 cr
[max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-Member of a community health care group; A-F
or Aud, summer) Nine-month program including on-campus (two weeks)
plus off-campus study including seminars and monthly dialogues with
mentors. Community development of health. Cultural meaning of
community. Analyzing economic/political foundations of health. |
| PUBH 7586 |
Community Healthcare Leadership Development II
(5.0 - 10.0 cr
[max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-Member of a community healthcare group; A-F or
Aud, summer) Nine-month program including on-campus (two weeks) plus
off-campus study including seminars and monthly dialogues with
mentors. Innovative community health development. Leading
implementation of change. Networking with national/international
health communities. |
| PUBH 7587 |
Regulatory Management in Long-Term Care
(2.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0
cr]; A-F or Aud, summer, every year) Funding mechanisms, regulatory
compliance mechanisms, and legal provisions currently in force for
long-term care industry. |
| PUBH 7588 |
Information Uses in Long-Term Care
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Some
knowledge of computers; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Accumulation/analysis of data to inform management decision-making
in long-term care. One day on-campus seminar, independent study. |
| PUBH 7596 |
Clerkship in Health Care Administration
(2.0 cr; Prereq-6544,
health care admin student; A-F or Aud, spring, summer)
Survey/solution of management problems within a local health
services organization. Preparation of formal management report. |
| PUBH 7784 |
Master's Project Seminar: Public Health Administration and
Policy
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Public health administration/policy major;
S-N or Aud, spring, every year) Students participate in exercises to
improve written/verbal communication, enhance skills related to
giving constructive feedback. Ways that public health
administration/policy is practiced. How to integrate knowledge into
individually designed master's project. |
| PUBH 7791 |
Independent Study: Public Health Administration and Policy
(1.0
- 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-Public health admin/policy major, #;
fall, spring, summer, every year) Independent study supervised by a
public health administration and policy faculty member. |
| PUBH 7794 |
Master's Project: Public Health Administration and Policy
(2.0 -
3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-Public health administration /policy
major, #; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year) Students
work with their adviser to complete one of three types of master's
projects: research project, critical literature review, or applied
field project. |
| PUBH 7796 |
Field Experience: Public Health Administration and Policy
(1.0 -
3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-Public health administration /policy
major, #; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year) Supervised
public health administration and policy field study in health or
public health setting under academic/professional supervision.
Emphasizes application of acquired knowledge/skills to relevant
issues/problems. |
| PUBH 7894 |
MS Plan B Project in Health Services Research, Policy, and
Administration
(2.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-HSRP&A MS Plan B
student, #; S-N only, fall, spring, every year) |
| PUBH 8801 |
Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[Grad or
professional school] student or #; fall, every year) Integrated
overview of U.S. health services policy. Related
theoretical/empirical literature. Analysis of alternative
policy-making models, political/philosophical underpinnings of those
models. |
| PUBH 8802 |
Health Services Policy Analysis: Applications
(2.0 cr;
Prereq-Hsrp&a grad major or #; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Emphasizes relationships between health services research and
policy, and uses case studies to examine how research influences
policy and vice versa. |
| PUBH 8803 |
Long-Term Care: Principles, Programs, and Policies
(2.0 cr;
Prereq-Grad-level health-care policy course or #; spring) Long-term
care policy for functionally impaired persons, particularly the
elderly. Team taught from healthcare and social services
perspective; grounded in research literature on evidence of program
effects. Innovative programs addressing current fragmentation of
services. |
| PUBH 8805 |
Sociology of Health and Illness
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Hsrp&a grad
major or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year) Affect of social
structure on health outcomes/behaviors. Current/historical
events/issues from perspective of sociological/social psychological
theories. Students apply theories to a topic they identify. |
| PUBH 8806 |
Sociology of Health Occupations and Organizations
(3.0 cr;
Prereq-Hsrp&a grad major or #; fall, spring, every year)
Sociological theories of occupations/organizations as applied to
health care. Functional, conflict, evolutionary theories applied to
health care reorganization such as managed care, technology on
organization of work/occupations. Emphasizes application of theories
to develop hypotheses. |
| PUBH 8810 |
Research Studies in Health Care
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-[Grad
or professional school] student or #; fall, every year) Introduction
to philosophy of science, conceptual modeling, experimental design,
survey/sample design, issues relevant to health services research. |
| PUBH 8811 |
Research Methods in Health Care
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[8810, [grad or
professional school] student] or #; fall, spring, every year)
Research methods commonly used in analysis of health services
research and health policy problems. |
| PUBH 8813 |
Measurement of Health-Related Social Factors
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Intro
stat course, understanding of simple correlations or #; A-F or Aud,
fall, spring, every year) How social factors such as innovativeness,
compliance, religiosity, and stress are measured and tested for
reliability and validity. Relationships between theory, concepts,
variables, data. |
| PUBH 8820 |
Health Economics I
(3.0 cr; Prereq-One course each in
intermediate microeconomics, calculus, intro to linear algebra; A-F
or Aud, spring, every year) Application of microeconomic theory to
healthcare decisions of consumers and producers under different
assumptions about market structure and behavior. |
| PUBH 8821 |
Health Economics II
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8820 or #; A-F or Aud, fall,
spring, every year) Examines application of microeconomic theory to
health services research through selected reading from published and
unpublished health economics literature. |
| PUBH 8830 |
Research Project in Health Care
(1.0 cr; Prereq-[Grad or
professional school] student or #; fall, every year)
Development/articulation of a research proposal. |
| PUBH 8831 |
Research Project in Health Care
(1.0 cr; Prereq-8830 or #; A-F
or Aud, spring, every year) Development and articulation of a
research proposal. |
| PUBH 8836 |
Integration of Public Health Research Methods in Health Services
Research and Policy
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Professional school or grad
student or #) Integration of concepts/designs of public health
research methods, how they can be integrated into health services
research and policy analysis. Experiential learning opportunities in
clinical settings that illustrate need for integration. |
| PUBH 8888 |
Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0 - 24.0 cr [max 100.0 cr];
Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade,
fall, spring, summer, every year) (No description) |
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