Mar 29, 2024  
Graduate Record 2008-2009 
    
Graduate Record 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

GBUS 8402 - Survey of the Health Care Sector


This course is designed to bring together health care leaders in a multidisciplinary effort to address critical issues and challenges facing health care. Students will explore how the economic, financial, and ethical issues cannot be treated separately in analyzing health care markets as the various sectors of the health care industry are interrelated. The course will develop a framework for understanding and evaluating the trade-offs that are inherent in the health care industry, and how these trade-offs affect strategic thinking. Topics will include health care financing, delivery, and strategy; current trends in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; medical devices; health care technology; and issues in public health policy. Students will examine these topics from a global as well as a United States perspective. Successful entrepreneurs and seasoned executives will participate in the class sessions to share their experience, opportunities, and advice. (Y)

Credits: 1.5