This course explores government's role in organizing, financing and delivering healthcare. With an emphasis on policy formation, advocacy and change, students apply policy analysis tools to contemporary public health and healthcare problems. Using examples such as Medicare, Medicaid or mental health policy, the course highlights the role of leadership as a key component of successful policymaking.
Prerequisite: HSM 110 and HSM 230; HSM 230 may also be taken as a corequisite.
Outcomes: 1) Explain how federal, state, and local health policy is formulated and implemented; 2) Assess the balance between public good and individual rights in the policy process; 3) Analyze the impact of specific healthcare policy on health outcomes and the delivery of healthcare; 4) Identify future health policy directions that would improve the health status of Americans; 5) Explore resources to enhance understanding of leadership in health policy; and 6) Explain the role of leadership in advocating for healthcare policy change.
Prerequisite: HSM 110 and HSM 230; HSM 230 may also be taken as a corequisite.
Outcomes: 1) Explain how federal, state, and local health policy is formulated and implemented; 2) Assess the balance between public good and individual rights in the policy process; 3) Analyze the impact of specific healthcare policy on health outcomes and the delivery of healthcare; 4) Identify future health policy directions that would improve the health status of Americans; 5) Explore resources to enhance understanding of leadership in health policy; and 6) Explain the role of leadership in advocating for healthcare policy change.