BTEC 634 - Healthcare Economics: Fundamentals for Providers and Biotech Professionals

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: Patients, healthcare providers, and biotech industry professionals have an interest in the best possible medical care, but healthcare services and products come at a cost. This course explores economics of topics that impact the cost of healthcare as we know it today, and how the healthcare technologies of the future will be funded. Additional questions, such as who pays and who gets access when healthcare is in limited supply, are discussed. Among the factors explored are market dynamics, public policy, technology, reimbursements and workforce and patient choices. Case studies, course papers, and group discussions are used to offer the course content in an engaging and interactive mode. This course requires no previous study of finance or economics.