Introducing Health Care Policy and Economics
Learning Objectives
1. Define the core principles of the formation and implementation of health care policy in the United States
2. Explain the economic aspects of the U.S. health care system
3. Describe how health care professionals, health plans and patients affect health care spending
4. Identify central themes of health care reform in the U.S. over the last century and how they relate to the main components of the Affordable Care Act