Health Policy (HPL)

In this course, students will examine the organization, financing, and delivery of health and healthcare services of developing and least developed countries and systems around the world; review the history of myriad of global partnerships trying to improve population health in these areas; and evaluate the lasting successes and failures of various population health improvement approaches in these countries and constrained settings.

This course provides in-depth exploration across a range of international health care systems. The intent is to compare, contrast and critically review international models of healthcare organization, management and delivery. During the course, frameworks and indices for the valid, reliable comparison of international health care systems will be identified and applied. A range of parameters will be analyzed and systematically evaluated and compared- including quality, access, patient safety, patient experience, healthcare worker wellbeing, efficiency, health equity, healthy life expectancy, GDP healthcare costs and healthcare costs per capita. One key focus will be on applicability of international models to the US health care system and the identification of solutions for improvements in US healthcare system management and delivery.

Students develop capstone proposals in accordance with Capstone Guidelines for the health policy program.