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Health Policy Analysis and Health Systems Performance

Course Description

Policy analysis and systems performance in the U.S. Understanding of theoretical and practical bases for developing and analyzing policies to improve health using Social Determinants of Health framework. Overview of metrics used by decision makers. Concepts of accessibility, equity, efficiency, quality measuring, and influence to enhance system performance.

Athena Title

Hlth Policy Anlys & Syst Perf

Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in HPAM 7400E

Semester Course Offered

Offered fall

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student learning Outcomes

  • Students will understand how to evaluate the policy process and fundamental tools of policy analysis (both ex ante and ex post).
  • Students will understand how to conduct health policy analysis using a number of quantitative and qualitative approaches.
  • Students will understand how to analyze health policy topics and healthcare systems through the following mechanisms: accessibility, equity, economic efficiency, and quality.
  • Students will understand how to lead and facilitate discussion on the legal and ethical forces that shape healthcare systems and health policy, writ large.
  • Students will understand how to identify strategies to evaluate large scale improvement of healthcare systems and understand the application of such strategies in local contexts.
  • Students will understand how to investigate the evidence base on innovations in measuring quality in healthcare systems.

Topical Outline

  • Policy Process in the United States: Legal Systems, Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations
  • Policy Process in the United States (continued): Agenda Setting, Adoption, Implementation, Evaluation
  • Policy Analysis: Ex Ante (Prospective)
  • Policy Analysis: Ex Post (Retrospective)
  • Policy Analysis: Formative vs. Summative Evaluation; Quantitative Techniques
  • Policy Analysis: Qualitative Techniques and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Healthcare Systems: Accessibility and Equity
  • Healthcare Systems: Economic Efficiency
  • Healthcare Systems: Quality
  • Legal and Ethical Parameters in U.S. Healthcare Systems
  • Quality Improvement Strategies through Health Policy in Healthcare Systems
  • Exploring the Evidence Base on Innovation in Healthcare Settings: How to Improve Population Health
  • Exploring the Evidence Base on Innovation in Healthcare Settings: Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
  • Frontiers in Health Policy Innovation and Health Systems: The Future of Healthcare Systems in the United States

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