HEALTH POLICY & HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Catalog description

This introductory course takes a policy and politics angle to healthcare's three persistent issues - access, cost, and quality. The roles of patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies will be established. The interaction between the government and these different groups will also be covered. Current national healthcare policy initiatives and the interests of class members will steer the specific topics covered in the course. The course aims to provide skills for critical and analytical thought about the U.S. healthcare system and the people in it.