2023-24 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
2023-24 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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HLH 560 - Health and Public Policy

Political aspects of health care delivery in United States; examination of forces affecting development of health policy at various governmental levels. Prerequisite: Course in community health or in American government/politics. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Explain the policy making process and the legal system.
  2. Describe health care and public health systems.
  3. Analyze health care economics and financing and their relationship to health policy.
  4. Discuss federal health insurance programs and their connection to access to health care, the uninsured, and health reform.
  5. Summarize the basic legal concepts that underlie the health care and public health systems. 



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