PSCI 3300 - Public Health Policy

Goals: Introduce students to health care policy, emphasizing the creation of US health care delivery systems with special focus on recent policy changes from the 1990s to the present.

Content: Topics include health care cost and financing, benchmarks for evaluation, factors affecting health and health care policy, the Affordable Care Act, assessing the effectiveness and implementation of health care policy, and examining alternative policy options within a comparative perspective.

Taught: Annually

Prerequisite: PSCI 1110, PBHL 1100, or WSTD 1010 is recommended

Credits: 4