Health Care Economics, Finance, and Policy for Nursing Practice
Explores economic, financial, and policy dimensions of health care systems, focusing on the nurse's role in influencing outcomes through financing, policy development, and advocacy.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Describe how finance, reimbursement, and organization of the U.S. healthcare system, including mixed payers (government and commercial insurance), and out-of-pocket patient expenditures impact the design, delivery, and accessibility of nursing and healthcare services.
Determine the drivers of health care expenditures explaining their impact on health care cost, nursing practice, and population health outcomes.
Examine healthcare policies and legislation affecting population health outcomes and nursing practice.
Integrate economic and policy decision-making into advocating for policy changes that promote nursing practice and health equity to improve healthcare outcomes.
Compare and contrast national (U.S.) and global healthcare systems through an economic lens.
Apply nursing economics, ethics, and healthcare policy to advocate for patients and communities while effectively navigating and contributing to ever-evolving healthcare and nursing practice environments.
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Course mapDeclared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN
- Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN
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- Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN
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This course explores the economic, financial, and policy dimensions of health care systems, with a focus on the nurse's role in influencing health care outcomes. Students will examine health care financing, policy development, and advocacy through a nurse practice lens.
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Topics
- Health care financing and reimbursement
- Health care policy development and legislation
- Nursing advocacy and professional practice
- Drivers of health care expenditures and costs
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- Analyze how financing and reimbursement structures impact healthcare service delivery
- Examine healthcare policies and legislation affecting population health
- Advocate for policy changes promoting nursing practice and health equity
- Compare national and global healthcare systems economically
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