Healthcare Economics and Policy

This is a Level 2 course in the DNP program. Focuses on the application of healthcare economics and finance theory, including analysis of factors influencing systems, structure, and process. Skills in financial management, including budget preparation and tailoring budgets to changes in health policy at the local, state, and national level are examined. Competency in utilizing and applying finance tools and measures for analysis and reporting are developed through use of case studies common to advanced practice nursing. Focuses on the principles of ethics, law and policy impacting healthcare delivery systems and consumers. Investigative methods for advanced practice nurses to influence health policy development are examined.