Health Care Organizations and Behavior

1.5 credits · Graduate

This course examines the various stakeholders of the U.S. health care system and how the stakeholders interact with one another, examining the objectives and structure of key financers of medical care utilization in the system: private insurance companies and public insurance programs, providers of medical services and pharmaceutical and medical device firms that supply products that providers use. Building upon our understanding of the structures, features, and incentives of various health care organizations, we will end the course with an examination of the organizational behaviors commonly seen in these organizations, identifying the key leadership behaviors that enable success in addressing the myriad challenges that face the organizations that fund, manage, supply, and provide health care in the U.S. system.