Health Systems and Policy

Catalog description

This course has the purpose of providing students with a comprehensive understanding of health systems, their organization and operation: and how politics and policy shape decisions on health priorities, stakeholder participation, and resource allocation. The course employs a combination of history, theory, and data to study health systems, the delivery of health services, and health policy, with a specific emphasis on Puerto Rico and the United States. Also, the course exposes students to models that are commonly used for the examination of policy options. A comparison of international health systems is incorporated to expand the student's view of how health systems operate within the context of different countries. The objective of the course will be achieved through interactive lectures, class discussions, and anecdotal pedagogy.