PHPB 4010 - Fundamentals of Health Policy

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: PHPB 2020, must be officially enrolled as a Public Health major or be a pre-public health major and obtain enrollment authorization from advisor.
Description
This course introduces and describes the U.S. health care system, and examines healthcare delivery and healthcare policy from a public health perspective. The historical basis for the system’s organization will be discussed, as well as the various modes of health care delivery and the ways health care is organized, financed and delivered in the United States. Comparisons between healthcare delivery and policy in the United States and other developed countries will be discussed. Many of the contemporary health policy problems facing federal, state, and local policymakers today will be discussed, with emphasis on the consequences for vulnerable populations. Students who complete the course will gain a basic understanding of the organization, functions, and delivery of health care by the many components of the U.S. system.