Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: describe the organization and structure of the healthcare delivery systems in the United States; explain the various factors that cause, and seek to rectify, inequality in healthcare and patient outcomes; compare the different pathways used to finance healthcare, including costs to the patient, insurers, providers, drug companies, and society as a whole; contrast the healthcare organizations of the United States with other nations; determine methods to evaluate the quality of healthcare and to analyze patient results and costs between different types of services and guiding models; explore the role of technology and emerging issues on the future of healthcare; and describe the different levels of healthcare management and the roles of all stakeholders.