HCM60100 - Healthcare Systems, Services, and Infrastructure - A Global Perspective

(3 units)

This course provides an overview of the evolution, structure and current issues in the health care system. Students learn the unique features of health care as a product, and the changing relationships among its key stakeholders. Coursework examines the structure of health care systems with focus on financing, reimbursement, delivery systems and adoption of new technologies along three broad dimensions of the health care industry: payers, providers and suppliers.