PBHLTH 200J
Health Policy and Management Breadth Course
Health policy and management applies concepts from economics, organizational behavior, and political science to the structure, financing, and regulation of the public health and health care delivery systems. This breadth course is designed to give MPH students a basic set of competencies in the domains central to the field.
Topics
- ● Identify the core functions of public health and the essential services that together comprise public health; ● Identify the principal functions of health insurance, the structure of public and private health insurance plans, and trends in enrollment and expenditures; ● Compare the organization, structure, and functions of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across US and selected international settings; ● Understand and be able to discuss dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence; ● Understand and explain basic principles and tools of finance, budgeting, and resource management; ● Understand the drivers of innovation in preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic technologies; ● Critically evaluate the role that structural racism plays in the US healthcare system; and ● Understand various barriers to healthcare access, and discuss potential strategies to mitigate these challenges
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027