PUBPOL 5353

Health Care Organizations and Behavior

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SU, 2024SU, 2023SU, 2022SU

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the behavior and objectives of key stakeholders in the U.S. health care system.
• Calculate how physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home care agencies, and pharmaceutical firms are reimbursed.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive overview of the US health care system.
• Apply stakeholder analysis to the prevalent organizational behavior challenges of the health care ecosystem and develop relevant leadership skills to address.

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