HCA 5452. Statistics for Health Care Administrators

Application of quantitative techniques to the solution of the problems of health services.  Foundation topics include decision making methods, optimizing, data classification, measures of central tendency, variability, probability, sampling and estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, linear regression, and forecasting.  Two lecture hours a week.

Credit: two hours.

HCA 5463. Research Methods

The research process and models available to conduct health services research.  Topics include problem identification, computerized literature search, critique of research, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, research questions and hypothesis testing, research design, methodology, data analysis techniques and ethical issues in research.  Prerequisites: HCA 5103, HCA 5223 and knowledge of basic statistics.  Three lecture hours a week.

Credit: three hours.

HCA 5462. Operations Analysis

Application of management science and operations research techniques to the solution of the problems of health services.  Applications include forecasting, queuing, inventory management, simulation, linear programming, decision models and project scheduling.  Prerequisite: HCA 5452.  Two lecture hours a week.

Credit: two hours.

HCA 5472. Health Information and Management Science

The role of information systems and decision-making models in health care organizations.  Health information processing, clinical and administrative systems, methods to support decision making, vendor evaluation and selection, project management.  Management science topics include performance measurement, linear programming, sensitivity analysis, integer and goal programming.    Prerequisite: HCA 5103, HCA 5223, HCA 5452, and HCA 4562.  Two lecture hours a week.

Credit: two hours.

HCA 5483. Managerial Epidemiology

Basic measures and determinants of epidemiology; incorporation of research findings into management decisions.  Use of logic and assumptions to assess and understand the health status of populations, the determinants of health and illness, and the factors that influence the delivery and use of health services.  Prerequisite: HCA 5452 and HCA 5463, HCA 5472 or permission of instructor.  Three lecture hours a week.

Credit: three hours.

HCA 5493. Performance Measurement and Quality

Basic measures and analysis process of quality and performance assessment utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods.  Development of skills in evaluation methods and performance management with particular emphasis on the management of quality.  Standard setting, performance assessment processes, and CQI/TQM will be discussed.  Prerequisite: HCA 5452 and HCA 5463.  Three lecture hours a week.

Credit: three hours.