BUSI 429 is the health care economics course in Liberty's BS in Healthcare Administration. Its written work is eight weekly forums and an individual 20-page research project on an applied health economics topic, built in four stages: annotated bibliography, outline, draft and final.
Liberty's catalog lists the course as BUSI 429 Healthcare Economics, 3 credit hours; Canvas and the course guide file print it as BUSI429.
What BUSI 429 covers
The catalog description: Explores how principles of economic analysis can be applied to the field of healthcare. This course will explore how healthcare economics is unique through an exploration of healthcare markets (including supply, demand, production, and costs) and how cost benefit analysis is performed when the output presents challenges for measurement.
The course applies the principles of economic analysis to health care and explores what makes health care economics unique: health care markets (supply, demand, production and costs) and how cost-benefit analysis is done when outputs are hard to measure. The text is Feldstein, Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective, read in a nonlinear order across the weeks.
Eight quizzes (240 points) have no guide here. The research project carries 360 points, and the draft (160) is worth more than the final (100), so a complete, well-sourced draft in Week 5 matters most.
Textbook named in the published guide: Feldstein, Health Policy Issues: An Economic Perspective (2015). Check the current edition in your Canvas section.
BUSI 429 assignments, week by week
Every graded written assignment in the published guide has its own how-to guide below. Quizzes, exams, checklists and class introductions are left out because there is nothing to write.
| Week | Assignment | Points | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 2 | Discussion Board Forum 2 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 3 | Discussion Board Forum 3 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 3 | Research Project Annotated Bibliography | 50 | At least 15 entries, 50 to 75 words each |
| 4 | Discussion Board Forum 4 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 4 | Research Project Outline | 50 | An outline for a 20-page paper |
| 5 | Discussion Board Forum 5 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 5 | Research Project Draft | 160 | At least 20 pages |
| 6 | Discussion Board Forum 6 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 7 | Discussion Board Forum 7 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 8 | Discussion Board Forum 8 | 50 | Thread 400 to 500 words; replies 250 to 300 words |
| 8 | Research Project Final | 100 | At least 20 pages |
Week 1: Discussion Board Forum 1
A 400 to 500-word thread and two 250 to 300-word replies, each with at least one APA citation. How to write BUSI 429 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1.
Week 2: Discussion Board Forum 2
The second forum, with the same length and citation rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 2 Discussion Board Forum 2.
Week 3: Discussion Board Forum 3
The third forum, with the same rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 3 Discussion Board Forum 3.
Week 3: Research Project Annotated Bibliography
List at least 15 peer-reviewed sources under 10 years old for your health economics paper, each with a 50 to 75-word description. How to write BUSI 429 Week 3 Research Project Annotated Bibliography.
Week 4: Discussion Board Forum 4
The fourth forum, with the same rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 4 Discussion Board Forum 4.
Week 4: Research Project Outline
An outline with a thesis, research questions, the space for each section and a preliminary list of at least 15 peer-reviewed sources under 10 years old. How to write BUSI 429 Week 4 Research Project Outline.
Week 5: Discussion Board Forum 5
The fifth forum, with the same rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 5.
Week 5: Research Project Draft
A full rough draft of the research paper: at least 20 pages with at least 15 scholarly references. How to write BUSI 429 Week 5 Research Project Draft.
Week 6: Discussion Board Forum 6
The sixth forum, with the same rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 6 Discussion Board Forum 6.
Week 7: Discussion Board Forum 7
The seventh forum, with the same rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 7.
Week 8: Discussion Board Forum 8
The final forum, with the same rules. How to write BUSI 429 Week 8 Discussion Board Forum 8.
Week 8: Research Project Final
The final research paper, at least 20 pages with 15 scholarly references, revised from the instructor's draft feedback and submitted through SafeAssign. How to write BUSI 429 Week 8 Research Project Final.
How BUSI 429 is graded
The published guide totals 1,010 points. The eight forums are 50 each (400). The research project is 360: annotated bibliography 50, outline 50, draft 160 and final 100. Quizzes total 240 and the checklist 10.
| Graded item | Points |
|---|---|
| Discussion Board Forums (8) | 400 |
| Research Project Draft | 160 |
| Research Project Final | 100 |
| Research Project Annotated Bibliography | 50 |
| Research Project Outline | 50 |
| Quizzes (8) | 240 |
| Course Requirements Checklist | 10 |
The published scale puts an A at 900 to 1010 points.
Week timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday.
How to approach BUSI 429
Choose an applied topic in Week 1 that can fill 20 pages with at least 15 peer-reviewed sources under 10 years old: hospital price transparency, certificate-of-need laws, the economics of nurse staffing, physician-owned hospitals, the 340B drug pricing program or hospital mergers.
A 20-page draft is due in Week 5, three weeks after the topic is set; write a section a week from Week 3.
Questions students ask
How long is the BUSI 429 research paper?
At least 20 pages in current APA on an applied health economics topic of your choice, with at least 15 references in addition to the course textbook and the Bible.
How old can BUSI 429 sources be?
All sources in the annotated bibliography and outline must be less than 10 years old.
Working through BUSI 429 now?
Tell us the week and the assignment. A tutor who knows the course replies with a plan for the draft.