PHTH 2515 — Healthcare Policy and Administration

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: T/FBostonTraditional

Focuses on management and policy issues in healthcare. Discusses management and administrative structures in hospitals and other healthcare organizations, including community clinics and health organizations, both private and public. Introduces the financial systems, economic information, and payment mechanisms necessary to understand healthcare financing. Also explores the variety of factors that influence population health from a healthcare policy perspective. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to analyze, prepare, and write policy briefs based on understanding the various economic, legal, and political forces shaping healthcare in the United States.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Summer B 20231232785%4.0
Fall 20235139139100%0.0
Spring 2024614615296%1.0
Summer A 20242325064%9.0
Summer B 20242315062%9.5
Fall 2024512612799%0.2
Spring 2025715217587%3.3
Summer A 20252355070%7.5
Summer B 202512525100%0.0
Fall 20255140140100%0.0
Spring 2026410710998%0.5

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 20% · T 72% · W 20% · Th 15% · F 56%

Common patterns: TF (48% of sections), T (18% of sections), MW (11% of sections), MR (8% of sections), WF (8% of sections), TR (6% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

HSCI 4700, PHTH 4515

Courses that list PHTH 2515 in their prerequisites.

Links

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