Cross-National Comparisons of Health Systems & Policy

3 Credits

Countries around the world face a range of common problems in their public health and health care systems. These include demographic and technological changes, budget pressures. and inequalities in health and access to health care services. Policy responses to these common challenges. We will examine the health policy responses of higher and lower income nations and seek to explain why nations differ in their policy choices while exploring the pros and cons of these approaches. Prerequisites: CGH 001 or POPH 001