Course Description

Prerequisite: None

This course utilizes systems science frameworks to analyze the United States (US) public policymaking process. Students learn about the complexity and dynamics of the policymaking process that affect the population’s health status including environmental, socio-cultural, ethnic, demographic, economic, lifestyle, service access and other factors. Students gain skills necessary to understand empirical policy analysis in all aspects of the US healthcare system. They examine the supply and demand for health services, and examine the analysis of healthcare systems and current health care policies. The course covers the fundamentals of policy development at a systems level from formulation to enactment at federal, state, and local levels. Various US healthcare policies will be explored in relation to the concepts introduced throughout the course. Discussion will include the application and analysis of policymaking in the United States.

Format: Online