2024-2025 Catalog

HLTH-301 Healthcare in the United States

This course provides an overview of the origin, organization, financing, and delivery of healthcare in the U.S. In this course, students will compare the performance of the healthcare system in the U.S. to other countries and understand the major components of the system and how they relate to each other. Moreover, students will explore critical issues and trends facing patients, providers, and healthcare delivery organizations and develop an understanding of recent policy and market changes that have influenced patient access, outcomes, and experiences while pushing for containing healthcare spending. This course is helpful for any student who is interested in working in the healthcare industry.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s) WRI 101 - First-Year Writing I, WRI H103 - Honors Advanced First-Year Writing