Fall 2021  |  MILI 6990 Section 070: The Health Care Marketplace (24488)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
2 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
MBA or Mgmt Science MBA
Times and Locations:
Second Half of Term
 
10/26/2021 - 12/15/2021
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Open (34 of 65 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Survey of trillion dollar medical industry. Physician/hospital services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology. Scale, interactions, inter-relationships, market opportunities, barriers. prereq: MBA student
Class Description:
The healthcare market place constitutes nearly three trillion dollars spent in the U.S. and several trillion spent globally. With the growing demand for medical technology and the aging of the population, the scale and complexity of the health care supply chain is expected to dramatically increase over the next two decades. The health care sector is comprised of several markets for goods and services including physician services, hospital services, insurance, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and information technology. This course will provide a survey of the health sector to understand the scale, the interactions and interrelationships of the health care markets, the market opportunities offered by different sectors of the health economy, and the barriers in this expanding and global industry. This course is a survey of trillion dollar medical industry. Physician/hospital services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology. Scale, inter-relationships, market opportunities, barriers.
Who Should Take This Class?:
The outcome of this course will be to provide a future manager with an awareness of the entire scope of the medical industry. The course will provide a foundation to understand the actors and interrelationships between six market segments of the medical industry including: physician, hospitals, insurers, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, information technology and global health markets. This course is reserved for MBA students. If you are a non-MBA student seeking to take this course, fill out the petition form found at goo.gl/9Y9PR5. Additional information, including petition deadlines, can be found at http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/master-business-administration/part-time-mba/admissions/mba-course-petition-form
Learning Objectives:
By the completion of this course, students will have acquired a broad perspective on the health sector. Specifically, the course will provide students with the skills to:
 Identify the key actors in the healthcare sector and their market roles.
 Understand how the interactions of the actors influence particular markets.
 Understand the market opportunities offered by different sectors of the health economy
 Understand the interrelationships between the markets.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24488/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 February 2017

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