Assignment Instructions/ Description
Assignment: Health Care Spending Analysis
This assignment will develop your understanding of basic economic concepts that are relevant to the health care industry.
Unit Outcomes addressed in this assignment:
Define cost-shifting and price discrimination in health care.
Understand how policies have influenced cost-shifting.
Course Outcomes addressed in this assignment:
HA415-1: Demonstrate an understanding of basic economic concepts that are relevant to the .
GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
Assignment Directions:
Instructions:
Review the health spending data on how U.S. spending has changed over time.
Choose one item (for example, health care spending over time, prescription drug costs, spending compared to other countries) and review the data in detail.
Write a 1-page summary of the information you reviewed. Use the following bullet points as headings:
Explain the topic you read about
Give a recap of the most important figures
Describe how a health policy analyst might use this information
Use APA referencing and in-text citations for all sources used and submit your summary to the module 1 Assignment Dropbox.
Paper Format: APA