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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BADM 1600 - The Health Sector in the U.S. and Beyond

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This course provides a basic description and explanation of the health care industry in the United States and worldwide. It examines how health care is structured, how it functions, its problems, and how its various elements interact to produce and supply health care. It examines the nature of health and the institutions and personnel who deliver health services. It explores the means by which we pay for these services; the relationship of technology to the provision of health care services is assessed; the various ways that government interacts with providers of health care services is studied; the ethical implications of issues in health care is investigated; issues of access to health care and vulnerable populations are explored.