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Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy News

Students in the Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy gain a comprehensive view of the healthcare delivery system and develop an understanding of health and disease. Our mission is to provide a world class academic experience to the future generations of healthcare administrators, conduct impactful research, and engage and serve those in the healthcare system.

Current Healthcare Administration and Policy News

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School of Public Health graduate programs build the skills necessary to take on organizational challenges and establish leadership in expanding workforce sector.

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UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield to honor four Winter 2020 graduates for their academic, research, and community impact.

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UNLV president Marta Meana will highlight four graduating students at commencement who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the Class of 2019.

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Achievement in Service Award winner Ken Bahl has been a key figure in UNLV's Alumni Association.

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MGM College Opportunity Program at UNLV offers a flexible and affordable way for the company's employees to complete their degrees.

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UNLV faculty and students honored with Service-Learning, Community-Based Research, Faculty/Staff Outreach, and Student Service awards.

Healthcare Administration and Policy In The News

Nevada Independent

Renown Health holds a dominant place in Northern Nevada’s health care landscape. The nonprofit health system owns and operates two of the six major hospitals in the broader Carson-Reno-Tahoe region and has a 100,000-square-mile service area that’s one of the largest territorial reaches in the state.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The nursing home resident’s first recorded signs of COVID-19 were subtle: a low-grade fever, accompanied by coughing.

Casino.org

Health officials predict many US hospitals soon will be overrun with patients. Well before the outbreak, in total, Nevada had 6,304 hospital beds in 2017. Nevada’s 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people is lower than the national average of 2.4, according to the Nevada Current.

Casino.org

Health officials predict many US hospitals soon will be overrun with patients. Well before the outbreak, in total, Nevada had 6,304 hospital beds in 2017. Nevada’s 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people is lower than the national average of 2.4, according to the Nevada Current.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada’s shortage of doctors means many worried patients are scrambling to find a primary care physician who can provide quick diagnoses about coronavirus symptoms or testing options.

Colorado Springs Independent

Intersectionality in feminism matters. Or, as author, activist and feminist Audre Lorde put it, “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle, because we do not live single-issue lives.”

Healthcare Administration and Policy Experts

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Recent Healthcare Administration and Policy Accomplishments

Pearl Kim and Haniyeh Shariatmadari (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research), along with their collaborators at the Optum Care, recently published an article, "Socioeconomic factors associated with use of telehealth services in outpatient care settings…
Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Informal care provided in US nursing homes: Reduced from 2010 to 2021 and lower for Medicaid residents," in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS).  Key points: informal care provided to nursing home residents during 2010–2021 reduced over…
Iwimbong Kum Ghabowen (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research), and Xan Goodman (University Libraries) recently published a paper, "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Financial Impact of 30-Day Readmissions for Selected Medical Conditions: A…
Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities Research) recently co-authored a paper, "Smoking Cessation and Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Individuals With Prediabetes and Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study," in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Jihye Kim (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article, "Trend in Respite Use by Race Among Caregivers for People Living with Dementia," in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.
Jihye Kim (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article, "Trends in forgone medical care and unmet needs among Medicare beneficiaries with a history of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national, repeated cross-sectional study," in the BMJ Open.