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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GCPA 614 - Comparative Health Policy


3 Credit(s)

Description:
The course will explore the historical development of international health care systems and health economics. It will provide an understanding of international health policy and health care delivery systems as well as the issues facing providers and service users, both in the US and globally. These include providing adequate access to health services for all, controlling rising health care costs, and assuring that the quality of health care services is high and improving. This course explores policy options being debated in the United States to solve these problems and compares possible foreign models for reform including those offered by other international systems. The course will focus on policy development and evaluation, economics, and special topics including health care disparities, mental health and HIV/AIDS. It also examines alternative approaches to structuring a nation’s health system and of reforming existing systems and complex ethical issues will also be addressed.

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