Course Listing and Descriptions
Following is the course description as contained
in the Manual of Policies and Procedures of Capital University Law School.
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prerequisites and co-requisites.
HEALTH
LAW
(3 credits): An analysis of the health care industry, its financing and cost
problems, its mix of public and private decision-making, and the various
mechanisms by which resources are or might be allocated to health care uses.
Specific topics include: 1) tensions of health policy--the health care sector
and its special problems; access to health care-legal entitlements and
obligations; professionalism; 2) mechanisms of quality assurance--credentialing
and regulation of health care personnel; the quality of care in institutions; 3)
controlling health care costs--regulatory approaches to cost containment; cost
controls in government programs; privately initiated reforms. Prerequisites:
first year day courses.
