LAW 822 - Health Law

An analysis of the health care industry, its financing and cost problems, its mix of public and private decision-making, and the various mechanisms by which resources are or might be allocated to health care uses. Specific topics include: 1) tensions of health policy–the health care sector and its special problems; access to health care-legal entitlements and obligations; professionalism; 2) mechanisms of quality assurance–credentialing and regulation of health care personnel; the quality of care in institutions; 3) controlling health care costs–regulatory approaches to cost containment; cost controls in government programs; privately initiated reforms.

Credits: 3