300.600.81 Introduction to Health Policy
Staff
Instructor:Gerard Anderson
Originally Offered
Fall 2007Offered By
Department of Health Policy and ManagementDescription
Introduces the material covered in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Focuses on four substantive areas that form the analytic basis for many of the issues in Health Policy and Management. The areas are: (1) economics and financing, (2) need and demand, (3) politics/ethics/law, and (4) quality/effectiveness. Illustrates these issues using three specific policy issues: (1) injury, (2) medical care, and (3) public health preparedness.
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