HA-101 Introduction to Health Care

This course offers a general overview of the United States health care industry, its practitioners, its policy makers, and the values and priorities that drive them. Students examine the major influences in the continuing growth and change of the American health care delivery system along with critical legislative, political, and economic factors. The course addresses the effects of medical education, scientific discovery, rapidly advancing technologies, rising costs, changing demographics, and varying modes of delivery, as well as American values and assumptions regarding health care.

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Prerequisite

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