HLT ADM 418Health Reform: Policy and Implementation
Healthcare Administration · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Examination of politics of health policy process and how problems are considered for governmental action, how solutions are identified, and how political forces act on them. Emphasis on both understanding how public policy is made, and how to influence process and how to understand formulation of policy in response to problems and political will of leaders. Covers how health policy is developed, adopted, and implemented; political, institutional, economic, social, and other factors that influence and shape process; and how health care managers can be engaged in policymaking or interpreting policy decisions they must comply with as health care leaders.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.