Introduction to Health Policy and Management

Topics

• 1. Provide an overview of the structure and financing of the U.S. healthcare system at the end of the first half of the course as measured by the midterm exam. a. Compare the US healthcare system to the systems in other developed countries (as measured on the final exam). 2. Identify the principal functions of health insurance, the structure of public and private health insurance plans, and trends in enrollment and expenditures by the end of the first half of the course as measured by the midterm exam. 3. Describe the involvement and policy goals of different stakeholders in the U.S. healthcare system measured by the midterm exam, article presentations and demonstrated in the course paper. 4. Explain the health care policy making process in the U.S. and the respective roles of government and markets in this process. Understand the legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care. To be measured by the final exam. 5. Demonstrate critical thinking and ability to analyze health policies as demonstrated in the final term paper. 6. Explain the socio-economic behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities, as assessed in the final exam. a. Comprehend the impact of structural racism on health and health care 7. Explain the innovation and adaptation cycle in biomedical and health information technologies in the U.S health care system as measured in the final exam. 8. Recognize the structural racism that exists within our healthcare system; consider each person’s role in perpetuating the status quo in order to move towards breaking it down. 9. Apply the concepts learned to understand health/health care crisis (i.e., COVID-19)

Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes