| Course ID: | HPAM 3600. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Introduction to Health Policy |
Course
Description: | This introductory survey of health policy issues will include
the organization of the health system, health care financing,
the policy process in the United States, laws and ethics
related to health policy and management, the essential features
of policy analysis, and public health communication. |
| Oasis Title: | Introduction to Health Policy |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 3600E |
| Pre or Corequisite: | PBHL 3100 or PBHL 3100E or HPRB 3010 or HPRB 3010E or HPRB 3020 or HPRB 3020E or HPRB 3020S or EHSC 3060 or EHSC 3060E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Describe the basic organization and financing of the
United States public health and health care systems.
• Explain the biological, social, environmental, and
economic determinants of population health.
• Discuss factors behind rising costs and approaches to
health reform.
• Explain the public health policy process in terms of
legal, ethical and diversity considerations.
• Evaluate the effects of policies at the local, state,
national, and international levels. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. History of Public Health Policy
2. Federal, State, and Local Governments
3. Health Policy Making Process
4. Population Health
5. Medical and Public Health Professions
6. Health Care Organizations
7. Health Disparities and Health Care Access
8. Health Care Reform Status Update
9. Financing Health Care: Private
10. Financing Health Care: Public
11. Quality of Care and Comparative Effectiveness
12. Comparative Health Systems
13. Georgia Legislative Recap
14. Federal Executive and Legislative Status
15. Health Reform for the Future |