Health Services and Policy Research

(3 Credits)

This course introduces key concepts and ideas in health services and policy research. Health services research is a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to understand how economic, social, individual and structural factors are related to health care access, utilization, quality and costs. Insights from health services research are critical to inform health policy decisions across sectors and populations. Topics addressed in this course include health care quality, population health, health care costs, survey and administrative data sources used in health services and policy research, experimental and observational study designs, data management and comparative effectiveness research.