Health Care Administration HS230

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Health Care Administration
HS230
Live Seminar week 1
Lisa Bannerman 586-532-1073
[email protected]
[email protected]
Syllabus…
Course Outcomes
 Course Calendar
 Grading Criteria
 Course Policies/Late work
 Discussion Board
 Grading Rubrics
 Dates
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United States Health Care
System
Accounts for over 15% of GDP
 1 out of 5 citizens doesn’t have health
coverage
 Employs more than 12 million people
 The only industrialized nation that is not
a public system
 Is a combination of private and public
organizations
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Health Care Expenditures
US spends almost double of that of
what a public health system spends on
average in other nations.
 Hospitals, Clinical Services, and RX
account for the top three expenditures
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Public vs. Private
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Public HCO’s: provide services and
promote health and well being to public
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Private HCO’s: provide services and
enhance health and well being of
individuals.
Access to health care
Need>= Demand>=Utilization
There are many factors that influence
access…let’s discuss.