Policy in Health Systems

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This Immersion provides students with policy, economic, and governance framework for understanding healthcare delivery systems. Selected theoretical models will be used to analyze existing and proposed health policies from the perspective of relevant stakeholders. Critical appraisal of selected national and global programs including their underlying values, socio-political, and economic issues, is a focus. This critical appraisal,based on the political, economic, legal, social, and ethical forces which impact the health policy-making process will be examined against the backdrop of US healthcare delivery systems. Implications for research and practice aimed at improving health outcomes of a student's target population will be a focus of this course. 2) Define various governance models and their relationships to governing regulatory bodies. 3) Use selected theoretical models to critically analyze health policies and related .issues from multiple stakeholder perspectives, including underrepresented populations.