HPRS 3301 Introduction to the Evolving Healthcare System
Introduces the student to the organizational structure of the U.S. Health Care system. Provides historical perspective to the system evolution from institutional-based to population based are to cost-aware values. Describes the financing mechanisms, primary providers and secondary providers, and consumers of healthcare. Discusses how technology affects the politics of the system. Discusses the health care system along the Texas-Mexico borders and how cultural influences impacts health care delivery.
Offered
As scheduled