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Dec 08, 2025
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IHS 5222 - Comparative Health Systems
Using a case-based approach, this course provides an overview and analysis of health systems in other countries and regions and the impact on health outcomes. It presents a theoretical and practical approach to understanding the functions and components of a health system and the relationships between those components as well as the main types of health systems and how systems differ across the world.
Requisites: IHS 5210
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Compare and contrast different health systems in relation to Millennium Goals and other global priorities in health.
- Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of different models of health care financing, in terms of their impact on health system goals.
- Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the relevance of the issues covered in the course to efforts to reform health systems.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the main dimensions of health system performance, and of approaches to measuring and evaluating the performance of health systems.
- Describe the indicators of health systems performance.
- Discuss health care systems and components utilizing global perspectives.
- Discuss health care systems role in access, social justice, and health equity.
- Discuss the organization, provision and governance of health care, and the main actors (governmental, non-governmental, national, international).
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