Current Issues In Health and Social Policy

Catalog description

This course will help students develop skills in health policy and health systems analysis through critical review and discussion of leading health and social policy issues. Students will (a) analyze the social and policy issues that influence accessibility, cost and quality of health care; (b) explore the roles that the government, private sector, consumers and advocacy groups play in setting the health care policy agenda and examine the intended and unintended effects of resulting policies; and (c) assess the relationship between policy and population health.