Comparative Health Systems

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Innovation is required to meet the challenges of healthcare delivery, thus the ability to compare and evaluate global approaches enables the healthcare professional to consider and adopt ideas that can be applied to their own system of care. This course examines factors that impact healthcare delivery worldwide, through analysis of the characteristics of global healthcare delivery systems and the governmental, economic, social and political forces that influence them. Special emphasis is placed on comparison to the U.S. healthcare system.