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Health Policy and Administration (H P A)

H P A 401 (IL) Comparative Health Systems (3) Comparative analysis of health services in selected developed and developing countries.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: H P A 301  

H P A 410 Principles of Public Health Administration (3) The rationale for, and the patterns of, public health service at all levels of government in the United States.
Effective: Summer 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 301  

H P A 420 Principles of Managed Care (3) Survey of managed health care, including history, typology, current issues, management challenges, and impacts on patients, providers, and special populations.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 301  

H P A 431 Health Planning Methods (3) Introduction to methods used in planning for health, services, facilities, and manpower.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 301;STAT 200 orSTAT 250  

H P A 433 Administration of Hospital and Health Service Systems (3) Analysis of administrative structures and interorganizational arrangements among hospitals and other health care organizations.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 332  

H P A 440 (US;IL) (BB H 440) Principles of Epidemiology (3) Theory of epidemiology and significant case studies. Potential application to health care.
Effective: Fall 2008
Prerequisite: BB H 101 orBIOL 110 orH P A 310;STAT 200 orSTAT 250  

H P A 440U (US;IL) (BB H 440U) Principles of Epidemiology (3) Theory of epidemiology and significant case studies. Potential application to health care.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
Prerequisite: BB H 101 orBIOL 110 orH P A 310;STAT 200 orSTAT 250  

H P A 442 Long-Term Care Management (3) Management and policy issues for institutional, community, and home settings for chronic care services.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 332  

H P A 445 (ECON 445) Health Economics (3) Economic analysis of U.S. health care system; planning, organization, and financing; current public policy issues and alternatives.
Effective: Spring 1994
Prerequisite: ECON 302, ECON 315 orECON 323  

H P A 445W (ECON 445W) Health Economics (3) Economic analysis of U.S. health care system; planning, organization, and financing; current public policy issues and alternatives.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: ECON 302, ECON 315 orECON 323  

H P A 447 Financing Health Care (3) Analysis of financial flows, third party payment programs, and reimbursement practices in the health services sector.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: FIN 100 orINS 301;H P A 301 orH P A 332  

H P A 450 Healthcare Policies and Politics (3) Survey of health care's political contexts: formulation, implementation, and modification stages of policy process; politics of private interests (associations) at national and state levels.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: H P A 101, H P A 301, PL SC 001  

H P A 455 Strategic Planning and Marketing for Health Services (3) Introduction to principles and methods of strategic planning and marketing.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 332  

H P A 457 Consumer Health Education (3) Orientation of school and community health education opportunities to the consumer task of selecting health products and services.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: 9 credits of health science and/or psychology  

H P A 460 Human Resource Management in Health Care Organizations (3) Foundations of human resource management applied to health care organizations, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, and community health organizations.
Effective: Spring 1998
Prerequisite: H P A 332  

H P A 470 Health Care Information Management (3) This course introduces information systems terminology, data structures, software applications, and their management functions in health services organizations.
Effective: Summer 2000
Prerequisite: H P A 332, IST 210, IST 220  

H P A 494H Senior Honors Thesis (1-6) Independent study related to student's interests directed by a faculty supervisor and culminating in the production of a thesis.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: approval of honors thesis advisor  

H P A 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

H P A 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

H P A 497A Health Care Leadership I (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 497A Current Issues in Health Care Quality (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2010 Ending: Summer 2010 Future: Summer 2010
 

H P A 497A Physician Practice Management (3) H P A 497 is a comprehensive examination of physician practice management topics and the role physicians play in the US health care industry past, present, and future.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 497A HealthCare Leadership I (3) Identified as one of the core competencies needed to improve the U.S. health care system and one of the challenges to solving the problems of cost, quality and access. This course provides an opportunity to students to learn about the challenges of leadership in health care. Through experience, reflective reading and writing, and discussion, students will explore their own leadership capabilities.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

H P A 497B Physician Practice Management (3) Comprehensive examination of physician practice management topics and the role physicians play in the US health care industry past, present, and future.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 497B Health Care Leadership II (3) Leadership has been identified as one of the core competencies needed to improve the U.S. health care system and one of the challenges to solving the problems of cose, quality and access. This course provides an opportunity to students to learn about the challenges of leadership in health care. Through experience, reflective reading and writing, and discussion, students will explore their own leadership capabilities.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 497B Advanced Methods Health Services Research I (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

H P A 497C Introduction to Health Insurance and Payment (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest. Prerequisite: ECON 002 or 6 credits of ECON related coursework
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 497C Hands-On Health Care (3) Service-learning in a variety of health care settings.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 497D Long Term Care Policy Analysis (3) The goals of this course are to introduce students to (1) applied health policy analysis methods and (2) long term care policy issues and research. The course is intended for students with an interest in long term care, Medicare and Medicaid, health policy analysis, or the demography of aging. Students should have previous coursework covering at least one of these topics and be prepared to think and write analytically.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 497E Special Topics in International Aging (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 503 Understanding Organizational Behavior (3) A systematic application of the principles of organizational behavior to understanding professional roles in human service organizations.
Effective: Summer 1995
 

H P A 504 Interorganizational Relations (3) Interorganizational concepts and their application to analysis of policies, programs, and service delivery concerns involving health and human service organizations.
Effective: Summer 1987
Prerequisite: CSP D 503  

H P A 505 Processes of Planned Change (3) Exploration of diagnostic and intervention strategies employed in planned change in health and human services organizations and programs.
Effective: Summer 1987
 

H P A 510 Health Services Administration I (1) An overview of managerial roles and responsibilities in hospitals and health organizations.
Effective: Spring 2000
 

H P A 511 Health Services Administration II (1) A study of management problems and decision-making in selected hospitals and health organizations.
Effective: Spring 2000
Prerequisite: H P A 510  

H P A 512 Health Services Administration III (1) An investigation of leadership style and strategic decision-making in the broader context of the health care industry.
Effective: Spring 2000
Prerequisite: H P A 510, H P A 511  

H P A 520 (CSP D 520) Health Care Organization (3) Examination of health systems, organization, financing, and evaluation; trends, problems, and issues.
Effective: Summer 1988
 

H P A 521 Introduction to Health Services (2) An introduction to the organization and utilization of health services in the United States. The student may not receive credit toward graduation for both H P A 520 and 521.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

H P A 522 Health Politics, Policy, and Finance (2) An introduction to health politics, health policy, and health services payment systems in the United States. The student may not receive credit toward graduation for both H P A 520 and 522.
Effective: Summer 1996
Prerequisite: H P A 521  

H P A 522A Health Care Technology: Processes of Health and Disease (1) A review of the processes of health and disease, measurements, diagnostic criteria, and intervention strategies.
Effective: Summer 1995
 

H P A 522B Health Care Technology: The Technologies of Prevention (1) Health promotion and disease prevention from a technologic perspective including physiologic, behavioral, and social/institutional technologies.
Effective: Summer 1987
 

H P A 522C Health Care Technology: The Technologies of Therapy and Rehabilitation (1) Technologic intervention on disease processes and rehabilitation: implications for clinical care, institutional management, and health sector planning.
Effective: Summer 1987
 

H P A 523 Managerial Epidemiology (3) This course is intended to familiarize students with the principles and methods of managerial epidemiology and its applications to health care quality improvement.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: H P A 521, H P A 522  

H P A 524 Management of Health Services Organizations (3) A systematic study of the roles of health services managers and the organizational and environmental context within which they work.
Effective: Summer 1987
Prerequisite: H P A 503, H P A 504  

H P A 527 Approaches to Health Planning (3) A systematic exploration of approaches to health planning and an application of health planning techniques.
Effective: Summer 1987
Prerequisite: CSP D 531  

H P A 528 Health Data Analysis (3) Foundations of secondary data analysis on health conditions, services, organizations, and finances.
Effective: Spring 1996
Prerequisite: STAT 200 orSTAT 451  

H P A 530 Health Care Human Resources Management (3) The scope and significance of human resource management roles, issues, and skills in health care delivery systems.
Effective: Summer 1992
Prerequisite: H P A 520, H P A 524  

H P A 531 Health Problem Analysis (3) Logic of empirical inquiry in study of community problems in health; integration of theory and practice, technical data, and values.
Effective: Summer 1995
 

H P A 536 Health Law (3) The legal process as it applies to the health administrator, health organization, medical provider, and patient.
Effective: Summer 1987
Prerequisite: H P A 520  

H P A 540 Epidemiological Applications in Health Services Research (3) The course emphasizes theoretical as well as practical issues relating to applying advanced methods of epidemiology in health services research.
Effective: Fall 2001
Prerequisite: H P A 440, H P A 528  

H P A 541 Poverty, Race, Ethnicity and Child Health (3) This graduate seminar focuses on disparities in infant, child, and adolescent health, and policies and programs impacting these disparities.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

H P A 545 (CSP D 597) Introduction to Health Economics (3) Survey of the application of economics to the roles of markets and government in health care.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite: ECON 302, ECON 490, STAT 501  

H P A 547 Health Services Reimbursement (3) Analysis of third party reimbursement of health care providers.
Effective: Summer 1992
Prerequisite: H P A 520  

H P A 550 Health Care Marketing (3) Introduction to the theory, concepts, skills, and principles of marketing applied to health related organizations and networks.
Effective: Fall 2001
Prerequisite: H P A 520 orH P A 521 or permission of professor in charge  

H P A 556 Strategy Development in Health Services Organization (3) Integration of prior course work in the program to develop a strategic plan for a health services organization.
Effective: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: H P A 440, H P A 835, H P A 855  

H P A 561 Introduction to Research Design in Health Services Research (3) Review and critical analysis of state-of-the-art health services research methods.
Effective: Summer 1999
 

H P A 562 Economics Applications in Health Services Research (3) Application of theoretical and empirical tools of microeconomics to issues in health services utilization and delivery.
Effective: Summer 2000
Prerequisite: H P A 521, H P A 522, H P A 561  

H P A 563 Organizational Studies in Health Services Research (3) Applications of theoretical and empirical tools of organizational studies in the delivery of health care.
Effective: Spring 1999
Prerequisite: H P A 521, H P A 522, H P A 524, H P A 561  

H P A 564 Research Methods in Health Services Research (3) Review and critical analysis of state-of-the-art health services research methods.
Effective: Summer 1999
Prerequisite: H P A 561, H P A 562, H P A 563  

H P A 590 Colloquium (1-3) Introduction to the field of health services research.
Effective: Summer 1998
 

H P A 595 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction, including field experiences, practicums, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Summer 1990
Prerequisite: prior approval of proposed assignment by instructor  

H P A 596 (CSP D 596) Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1987
 

H P A 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Summer 1987
 

H P A 597A Advanced Methods in Health Services Research I (3) Advanced topics course focusing on extensions of the ordinary least squares regression model and nonlinear methods.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 597A Seminar in Health Care Finance & Policy (3) H P S 597A is the second of two doctoral seminars designed to complement introductory graduate courses in the graduate H P A curriculum. The topics covered generally follow those in the introductory classes, but this seminar provides an opportunity for greater discussion of the research based on the topics. The Seminar in Health Care Finance and Policy focuses on issues of payment, regulation and policy of health care delivery in the U.S. health care system, complementing H P A 597C, Introduction to Health Services Financing and Policy.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 597A Advanced Methods Health Services Research I (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

H P A 597B Advanced Methods in Health Services Research II (3) Advanced topics course focusing on causal inference in health services research.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 597B Quality Improvement in Health Care (3) The goal of this course is to provide students with requisite knowledge and skills for managing quality improvement and patient safety efforst in health care organizations. The various perspectives on the challenges of providing safe and reliable health services are covered. Operational approaches to quality improvement adapted from industry are examined and practiced in cases and exercixes. Students learn to identify key aspects of systems and work flows.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 597C Research Seminar on Health Services Organization and Delivery (3) An examination of seminal and current research on health services organization and delivery, emphasizing costs, access, and quality issues.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 597C Introduction to Health Services Financing and Policy (3) H P A 597C is the second in a two-course sequence that introduces graduate students to the organization, financing, and delivery of health services in the U.S. This course focuses on health services financing and policy. This course will cover policy issues in the federal Medicare program, state programs and private health insurance markets, and other current health policy issues. The course will also introduce students to framworks to analyze health policy issues.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

H P A 597C Seminar Health Services Organizations (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

H P A 597D Evaluating Community Based Treatment for Youth (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 597D Evaluating Community Based Treatment for Youth (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Fall 2010 Ending: Fall 2010 Future: Fall 2010
 

H P A 597E Health Policy Analysis (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 600 THESIS RESEARCH (1-15) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
 

H P A 601 PH.D. DISSERTATION FULL-TIME (0) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
 

H P A 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6) Supervised and graded teaching experience in selected undergraduate Health Policy and Administration courses.
Effective: Fall 1989
Prerequisite: completion of minimum of three semesters of graduate work in health policy and administration  

H P A 610 THESIS RESEARCH OFF-CAMPUS (1-15) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
 

H P A 611 PH.D. DISSERTATION PART-TIME (0) NO DESCRIPTION.
Effective: Summer 1992
 

H P A 835 Financial Management in Health Institutions (3) The financial environment of health institutions; financial aspects of management decision making; emphasis on revenue sources, budgeting, and cost control.
Effective: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: H P A 447  

H P A 855 Information Systems in Health Services Administration (3) Foundations of information systems for supporting clinical services, quality improvement, and administrative functions in health services management.
Effective: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: H P A 520, H P A 522  

H P A 896 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 2009
 

H P A 897 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Summer 2008
 

H P A 897A Change Leadership in Health Services Organizations (3) Exploration of diagnostic and intervention strategies employed in planned change in health services organizations and programs.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 897A Health Care Marketing (3) This course is geared toward the delineation of key concepts, strategies and tools for health industry marketing. It will provide the student with an understanding of all aspects of marketing and the ability to apply these concepts and strategies to current marketing problems. Various gues speakers will discuss their experiences with regard to course topics.
Effective: Summer 2010 Ending: Summer 2010 Future: Summer 2010
Prerequisite: MGMT 501, MKTG 500 andBUSAD 530 orH P A 520 or 3 years health industry experience.  

H P A 897B Health Care Marketing (3) Introduction to the theory, concepts, skills, and principles of marketing applied to health related organizations and networks.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

H P A 897C Clinical Issues for Health Services Management (3) Introduction to current clinical issues in health services organizations focusing on the role of managers.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

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