Capstone Papers-analysis and assessment of the ethical and economic challenges related to policy
Required Readings
Knickman, J. R., & Kovner, A. R. (Eds.). (2015). Health care delivery in the united states (11th ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Chapter 11, “Health Care Financing” (pp. 231–251)This chapter attempts to unravel several of the complexities in America’s health care system, and it also provides an analysis of the health care/insurer/patient relationship and how hospitals are actually funded.
Chapter 12, “Health Care Costs and Value” (pp. 253–270)Rising costs of health care and potential approaches to constraining growth in health care expenditures are examined in this chapter.
Chapter 10, “Health Workforce” (pp. 213–225)This chapter looks at the nature of the supply and demand for health care professionals in the United States.
