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Health Policy Challenges

Fall 2009 PPAI 1700K S01

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Instructor: Edward A. Miller


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Information on meeting times for this course can be found on Course Schedule at http://selfservice.brown.edu


Course Description

Introduces students to the U.S. health care system. Focuses on how the organization, financing, and market structure of the system affect the key issues of access, cost, quality, and equity of care. Specific issues include minority and vulnerable populations, technology, risk adjustment, managed care, long-term care, ethics, and public health.