COURSE DETAIL
CPH 640 Health Systems Organization
Credit hours: 3
Cluster: Diverse and Vulnerable Populations
Course Level: graduate
Institution:Oregon Health & Science University
Pre-requisites: None
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce graduate students in the Oregon MPH Program to basic concepts and issues in the organization, financing, and delivery of health services. The primary focus of this course is the systemic aspects of health services production and delivery. Specialized systems develop to produce, deliver, and finance health services which seek to address the health needs of populations with respect to death, disease, disability, discomfort, and dissatisfaction. Through learning in this course, students will examine the inter-relationships of system structures, subsystems, and processes, as well as their interactions with the larger social, cultural, economic and political environments in which they exist. The emphasis is on using different conceptual models for understanding the current health system, its strengths, and areas for improvement. As a result of this course, students will develop an increased understanding of the organization of health services delivery systems in modern societies: how such systems are and can be organized, financed and managed; how health care resources are and can be produced; how health services are and can be provided, paid for, accessed, and consumed; and how various system configurations can and do affect the outputs and outcomes of those systems. The focus is on the United States, with international comparisons used to illustrate similarities and differences.
Method of Instruction: Online, Sakai
Campus visits required: None
Course Contact: Shauna Hoffman
email: hoffmash@ohsu.edu
Tuition: $675/credit
Other considerations: This course is available to both PhD & DNP students.
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
SUMMER 2010
Section: 1473
Instructor:Deb Messecar, RN, PhD, MP
Seats:2
Credits: 3
FALL 2010
Section:
Instructor:Carol Parker Walsh
Seats:2
Credits: 3
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