Spring 2027

The Business of Health Care

The Business of Health Care covers the US health care sector from an economic perspective, focusing on businesses and services. It analyzes stakeholder incentives and government policies.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Dan Sacks

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the key players in the United States health care system and explain the relationship among them.

  • Determine the implications of policy proposals or changes in the market landscape for key players in the health care sector.

  • Analyze strategically whether the key players would pursue, or how they would respond to, changes in the market landscape.

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A A E 101(or A A E 215 prior to Fall 2024),ECON 101, 111, or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

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GENBUS 265

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LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 550

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Covers the US health care sector, with an economic perspective and a focus on businesses providing health care and health care services. Understand and analyze the motives, incentives, and strategic interactions of patients, insurers, hospitals, providers such as doctors and nurses, and life sciences companies such as drug developers. Learn the major government policies and organizations influencing the health care sector.

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Topics

  • US health care sector economics and business operations
  • Stakeholder incentives and strategic interactions (patients, insurers, hospitals, providers, life sciences)
  • Government policies and organizations in health care

Skills

  • Analyze motives, incentives, and strategic interactions of health care stakeholders
  • Identify major government policies and organizations influencing health care
  • Explain relationships among key players in the US health care system

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GENBUS 265 · Spring 2027

The Business of Health Care

Recorded 2026-10-14
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