• Explain how people access and move through the healthcare delivery system.
• Identify and describe levels of healthcare with reference to the needs of the individual.
• Articulate the role, function, and relationship of each element of the healthcare delivery system.
• Explain the function and impact of healthcare insurance programs on healthcare delivery.
• Explain the education and training and interrelationships of healthcare professionalsphysicians, specialists, nurses, rehabilitation specialists, technologists, etc.
• Describe how various forcessocial, economic, demographicshape the US healthcare delivery system.
• Examine the current healthcare delivery system and propose changes to improve access, financing, and coordination of services (critical thinking).