PUBH 4711 - Public Health Systems & Policy II

Credit Hours: (3)

Description: This undergraduate course is the second section of the two-part series Public Health Systems and Policy. This course will introduce the health policy making process in the United States. It presents different frameworks to understand the social, political, economic dimensions of health care policy making in the United States. Major topics to be covered include role of government in health policy making, law and the legal system, health insurance, health economics in health policy context, government health insurance programs, and health policy analysis. PREREQUISITE: PUBH 3710