Health Care Policy

(2 Credits)

This course introduces students to key concepts, principles and practices in the field of health policy and management. The course will examine issues that concern quality, costs, access to healthcare and public health services for individuals and populations. The course emphasizes the need for leaders in today’s world of public health to understand central issues in both policy and management and, importantly, how these interact. The overall goal of the course is to provide information for students to build an understanding of the fundamental ideas, issues, and problems currently debated in health policy and management and to provide a foundation for practice in a range of careers in public health and health care policy and management.