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Healthcare Decision Analysis (HCDA)
- Please email tonm@usc.edu for D-Class assignments.
Basic introduction focused on the pathways and principles for managing new health technology discovery, funding, development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, and commercial market launch.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Graduate Visitor, Master Student, Professional Year 1
- Note: Visit hcda.usc.edu for specific class meeting dates and times.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49208D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | Sat, U | 59 of 63 | Ken Wong,Amit Patel | OFFICE |   |
Overview of healthcare policies that impact payers, employers, healthcare industry, state and federal agencies and consumers; individual and mandated benefits, medical loss ratio, health care exchanges and impact of comparative effectiveness review.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49205D | 005 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 18 of 30 | Geoffrey Joyce, Seth Seabury | OFFICE | |
Quantitative methods of evaluating business, policy, pharmaceuticals, medical care resource allocations. Budget Impact Models, Decision Trees, Sensitivity Analysis tradeoffs between treatment strategies, interventions, risks, outcomes.
- Note: Visit hcda.usc.edu for specific class meeting dates.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49206D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | Sat, U | 47 of 50 | Daniel Tomaszewski | OFFICE | |
Work with large health data sets in SAS or RStudio, including developing an analytic plan and selecting an appropriate data source to accomplish analytic goal.
- Prerequisite: HCDA 572
- Note: Visit hcda.usc.edu for class meeting dates.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54006D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 25 | Daniel Tomaszewski,Cody Arbuckle | OFFICE | |
Weekly seminar and literature series, review and discuss policy, biopharmaceuticals, insurance, global healthcare access issues. Student lead discussions, expert guest speakers, group projects, critical thinking.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49221D | 060 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 20 | Kristen Felthousen | ONLINE | | |
| 54002D | 060 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 2 | Kristen Felthousen | ONLINE | |
Team projects solving real business problems in the healthcare industry by working directly with an existing company under the supervision of a faculty member.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49217D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 14 of 20 | John Stofko | OFFICE | |
Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student's field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one full academic year of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49224D | 001 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | Ken Wong | OFFICE | |