Health Policy and Health Care System Design

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This course examines the structures of health care systems, from the perspective of the choices that those designing health care systems face. Topics include the overall goals of health care systems, health insurance programs and government programs financing care, the structure and organization of health care providers like doctor practices and hospitals, provider payment, patient cost sharing, coverage of new and emerging treatments and technology, and quality improvement. We particularly emphasize examples from the US and France.