Health Systems and Health Policy in the United States
How the US health care system is organized, financed and regulated, and how health policy is made.
PUBH-340 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Public Health
Course content
- 1What a health system isComing
- 2The history of US health insuranceComing
- 3Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care ActComing
- 4Federal, state and local rolesComing
- 5Financing health careComing
- 6Paying hospitals and physiciansComing
- 7Pharmaceutical coverageComing
- 8Primary care and community healthComing
- 9Comparing health systems around the worldComing
- 10How health policy is madeComing
- 11Health technology assessmentComing
- 12Case study: a health policy debateComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How the US health care system is organized, financed and regulated, and how health policy is made.
Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 3.