About this course: In this course in the Healthcare Marketplace specialization you will identify, define, and describe potential business and public policy solutions to the challenges facing society’s growing demand for health services. Students will master a body of knowledge on the health care sectors major components through reading and reflection. Healthcare has many different cultural components that will be discussed as historic trends as well as future demographic challenges. You will understand diverse philosophies and cultures within and across societies as they relate to healthcare. This outcome is particularly critical because of the tradeoffs needed to be assessed as medical technology advances faster than budgets and perhaps cultures are sometimes willing to tolerate. At the end of the day, you will gain an appreciation for the role of creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression across disciplines in the development of new medical care solutions through and examination of the physician, medical technology and financing sub-sectors of the health economy.

Created by: University of Minnesota

Taught by: Stephen T Parente, Professor
Carlson School of Management, Department of Finance

Basic Info	Course 1 of 5 in the Healthcare Marketplace Specialization.
Level	Beginner
Commitment	5 weeks of study, 2 - 4 hours/week
Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
User Ratings	4.4 stars Average User Rating 4.4See what learners said

Syllabus

WEEK 1

EVOLUTION OF THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE

In this module you will learn about the economic history of one of the largest segments of the world’s economy. You will become acquainted with world trends in health and the stakeholders that comprise the healthcare marketplace ranging from physicians to hos...

13 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Graded: Healthcare Marketplace

WEEK 2

PHYSICIAN AND HOSPITAL SERVICES MARKET

In this module you will learn about the provider market in the health economy. The provider market mainly consists of the physician and hospital sectors. Combined they are largest source of expenditure in the health economy. The take-away messages from th...

14 videos, 4 practice quizzes

Graded: Physician and Hospital Services Market

WEEK 3

INSURANCE MARKET

In this module you will learn about the health insurance market. Since the mid-20th century government and private health insurance has been the primary funding vehicle of health care in the industrialized world. The long story of US and other nations health...

14 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Graded: Insurance Market

WEEK 4

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MARKETS

In this module you will learn about the medical technology market. This will provide an excellent overview for the in depth look at this in Course 3 of this specialization. The focus is on the medical device and pharmaceutical market. The take-away message...

11 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Graded: Medical Technology Market

WEEK 5

GLOBAL MEDICAL INNOVATION

In this module you will learn about the global market trends. You will also learn the key components of medical technology valuation. The take-away messages from this module are that health economy continues to expand and there are many behavior challenges ...

16 videos, 3 practice quizzes

Graded: Market Sizing Memo

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Rated 4.4 out of 5 of 197 ratings

Great course

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It is a good introduction to the healthcare sector of the global economy.

The material was really interesting and especially timely. I enjoyed completing the peer reviewed assignments and thought it allowed us to reflect well on the material we learned.

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