The course addresses the impact that health insurance & policy development and analysis have on public health. It provides students with the basic skills for collecting, analyzing and communicating information on health insurance & health policy issues. Students will learn what health insurance & health policy are; who the policymakers are in public health; who the actors are that are affected by health care policy; and the major influences in determining what insurances & policy get implemented. It provides students with a framework for understanding, developing and analyzing a range of health care insurance & policy issues. The course begins by introducing an approach for analyzing any public health insurance & policy issues. It explores how insurance & policy formation impact access, quality, costs, as well as medical innovation.
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