2025-2026 Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Academic Catalog

HCM 590 - Health Policy and Evaluation

3 credit hours
Prerequisites: HCM 520 .
This course is a survey and a critical analysis of federal and state health policy processes. It focuses on the evaluation of health care outcomes and the effectiveness and efficiency of contemporary health services. Students analyze cases dealing with administrative and policy issues in health services including problem solving in ill-defined, multifaceted situations, operational health program evaluation models, and health planning documentation models.