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Introduction to Health Policy

Introduction to Health Policy

Instructor: Gerard Anderson

Organization: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Delivery Mode: Online – self study

When offered: Ongoing

Cost: None

Prerequisites: None

Description: Introduction to Health Policy focuses on four substantive areas that form the analytic basis for many of the issues in Health Policy and Management. The areas are: (1) economics and financing (2) need and demand, (3) politics/ethics/law, and (4) quality/effectiveness. It illustrates these issues using three specific policy issues: (1) injury, (2) medical care, and (3) public health preparedness.

The course will provide a framework for developing and analyzing a range of health policy issues. The course begins by introducing an approach for rationally analyzing any public health policy issue. Other models of the policy process are also presented.

Main course objectives are:

• Analyzing historical, political, ethical, and legal ramifications
• Assessing need and demand
• Examining economic and financial considerations
• Assessing existing programs and policies