GPH II:Health Systems & Policy

Catalog description

This course introduces students to health systems and policy, one of the five core areas of global public health (biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health systems & policy, and social & behavioral sciences). Students will learn how individual and social determinants of health intersect with and are influenced by the structures of healthcare systems. Content includes: the components of the US and other healthcare systems; healthcare financing; roles of public programs and other insurers; and healthcare delivery system organization. Prerequisite: GPH 301. Offered regularly.