Overview
Description
This course will teach you how to think critically about healthcare systems and public health policies. It provides an introduction to policies affecting the healthcare system and other aspects of population health for patients and communities in the United States.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe how federal, state, and local health policy is created with engaged interest groups.
- differentiate the policy interests between public good (public health) and individual rights worldwide.
- explain and compare the basic organization of the health care system, health insurance, and health care financing in the U.S. and other selected countries.
- synthesize the principles of cost, rationing, quality of care, and comparative effectiveness research in U.S. health policy.
- describe the key principles of health care reform in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
- identify and critique the difference between population health and individual health and how it is affected by the ACA.
- explore, compare and critique the US culture, how it reflects our health policy versus other countries globally.