HA 415 Broward College Health Care Policy and Economic Discussion

Imagine that you are a hospital administrator speaking to a stakeholder group of
people in your community including local policymakers, leaders and concerned
citizens about market failures and the role of government and address complex healthcare policies so they will understand how healthcare policy is created and helps them.

• You wish to address how your hospital would like to help the community address
the opioid crisis affecting the community and region and explain how the
community could help. Government intervention is based on the special interest or public interest theories. The public interest theory focuses on efficiency in the market and the special interest theory levels the playing field in the legislative marketplace.

4 parts of this assignment—use the items below as
headers for each part—or name them if you give a
speech:

1. Provide a description/analysis of current
policies pertaining to the opioid crisis.
2. Explain some examples of opioid crisis that a
policy analyst may consider.
3. Provide 3–5 options to address the opioid crisis
in your community
4. Explain how you will evaluate the options listed
in #3 to know if they are working on not.
•

The paper should be written in APA format, include
at least four references, and should be 3 pages in
length not including the title and reference page. Use in-text citations for all references!

In your speech to stakeholders in the community you provide a policy analysis and provide informed advice that relates to a public policy decision and include a recommended course of action/inaction and should be framed by the client’s powers and values. In your speech to stakeholders you explain some examples of the aspects of the problem that a policy analyst may consider.

Requirements

Writer explains that a policy analysis is an analysis that provides informed advice to a client that relates to a public policy decision and includes a recommended course of action/inaction and is framed by the client’s powers and values.

Writer explains some examples of the aspects of a problem that a policy analyst may consider.

Writer explain the policy analysis should provide 3–5 options for a client to consider.

Writer explains some potential criteria for evaluating your policy options.

Please be sure to review the various Academic Tools to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written Assignments.

Criterion 1: Policy
analysis with
informed advice
to a client with a
recommended
course of action
within a client’s
powers and
values. Depicts all of the following
elements:
● Explains informed advice
in an analysis.
● Includes the advice to a
client that relates to a
public policy decision.
● Includes a
recommended course of
action.
● Analysis is framed by the
client’s powers and
values.

Criterion 2:
Explains the
aspects of a
problem that a
policy analyst
may consider
Explains three examples of
the aspects of a problem
that a policy analyst may
consider.

Criterion 3: Client
Options
Provides four or five options
for a client to consider.

Criterion 4:
Potential criteria
for evaluating
your policy
options.
Provides four or five
potential criteria for
evaluating your policy
options.

Criterion 5 Academic
references with
in-text citations.
● Includes four academic
references from multiple
outside sources and/or course materials as
required.