Health Systems and Policy

Catalog description

This course considers the current organization of the US health care system, with a particular focus on the role of policy in shaping how health care and public health is delivered. Students will consider the different types of organizations important to the health care system and their relationship to one another, along with the economic, legal, and social factors that affect those organizations and relationships. Students will explore the policy process both at the federal and state levels and will consider how health care organizations might better be able to influence the regulatory and legislative actions that affect their ability to deliver effective care in financially sustainable ways.