PBHLTH227A

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PBHLTH 227A - Health Care Finance

School of Public Health Graduate PBHLT - School of Public Health

Subject

PBHLTH

Course Number

227A

Course Level

Graduate

Course Title

Health Care Finance

Course Description

This course covers finance and strategic financial management in the health services and products industry, including provider organizations, insurance firms, and biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. Cases are used to apply the financial analysis and planning skills learned in the course. Topic areas include financial statement analysis, pricing and service decisions, debt financing, venture capital, and private equity, IPO and public equity markets, risk and return, capital budgeting and project risk assessment, mergers and acquisitions, vertical and horizontal integration.

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; S/U Option

Instructors

MacPherson

Prerequisites

Graduate standing.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Formats

Lecture

Term

Fall and Spring

Weeks

15 weeks

Weeks

15

Lecture Hours

3

Lecture Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Max

3

Outside Work Hours

6

Outside Work Hours Min

6

Outside Work Hours Max

6