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2008-2009 Graduate Studies Bulletin 
    
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ASR 220 - Introduction to Health Policy Analysis


Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course provides an overview of the health care delivery and financing system in the United States, and focuses on the core elements of health policy analysis. Topics include: the development of health care policy in the United States; managed care and universal coverage policies; health care and inequality; obesity as an individual and societal health issue; the relationship between environmental pollution and health care. Special emphasis will be placed on the ability to develop evaluations of existing health policies and programs, as well as to envision policies to address as yet unmet health care needs.





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