HLTH-370 Local to Global: Health Policy and Systems (3)

Provides an overview of health systems and policies, ranging from local to global perspectives. The basic features and types of health systems and parameters used to evaluate the outcomes associated with those systems are explored. Beginning with an overview of contemporary health and disease issues, the course introduces students to the wide range of influences on health systems, including culture, economics, politics, ideology, and ethics. The U.S. healthcare system is studied in depth, from local to county, state, and federal levels. Finally, health system models from other countries, both developed and developing, are explored. Students are encouraged to apply a critical, comparative lens to the evaluation of each system. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: HLTH-110 and HLTH-240.