309.670.01
Comparative Health insurance
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
M, W, 3:30 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Reviews the organization, financing, and payment of health systems in middle and high-income countries – focusing on population coverage, in terms of both how different groups are covered and the benefits package provided. Begins with a conceptual framework of financing flows in the health sector with relevant economic concepts, and proceeds to identify a series of topics and case studies as the subject of specific lectures. Explores in depth the principal models for population coverage – including national health insurance, national health service, social insurance, private insurance, and mixed hybrid models. Provides case studies of health insurance coverage in specific countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, United States, Singapore, China, Brazil, and India – with lessons drawn for transitional countries interested in expanding health insurance coverage.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Outline the financing flows underpinning the delivery of health care services across various countries
- Describe core economic concepts used in analyzing health insurance market
- Compare the differences in financing and organizing health care services among countries at different levels of income and development
- Describe various pooling arrangements and the rationale for each
- Identify alternative roles for government in the health sector
- Describe the options for coordinating financing and service provision between the public and private sectors
- Make informed recommendations for how countries could reform their health sectors
- Conduct an analysis of a particular issue in comparative health insurance
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 50% Final Paper
- 50% Quizzes
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this course