Apr 26, 2024  
2020-2022 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 3 
    
2020-2022 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 3 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DBA 7220 Decision Making in Healthcare Administration


Lecture: 9 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 9
This course provides an overview of decision-making processes involved in managing a healthcare organization, with an emphasis on the financial, economic, and policy aspects of healthcare.  Included in the overview is a focus on value analysis, financial risk and required return.  Students explore the roles of prices, production of health, demand for health care, theory of health insurance, health insurance and hospital markets, the market for physician services, and the role of government in the U.S. healthcare system. The decision-making process is analyzed to include quality performance, quality assurance, quality measurement, and continuous improvement.