Health Care Policy and Management

Course Detail

Degree: Master
Standard Academic Year: 1, 2
Course delivery methods: Online (Asynchronous)
Subject: Medicine & dentistry, Subjects allied to medicine, Biological sciences
Program
School: Master's Program in Public Health
Department: Master's Program in Public Health
Campus: Tsukuba Campus
Classroom: 4F204
Course Offering Year: 2023-2024
Course Offering Month: October - December
Weekday and Period: Thu3
Capacity
Credits: 1.0
Language: English
Course Number: 0ATHE22

Health Care Policy and Management University of Tsukuba

Course Overview

1 To understand basic theories of health care policy science and challenges of health systems worldwide.
2 To understand health systems and challenges in Japan.
Goal: To be able to argue issues of health systems based on basic theories from the viewpoint of health policy sciences.

(1) Introduction: health, health care and policy, (2) Determinants of health and policy, (3) Role of state and health system, (4) Japan’s health care provision system, (5) Japan’s health care financing system, (6) Practice of health policy sciences, (7) Topics in global health policy, (8) Health policy process, (9) Health planning and management, (10) Health policies beyond health care policy.

Learning Achievement

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to examine the current issues on health system based on basic theories from perspectives of heath care policy.

Competence

Core area 3 of public health sciences: an ability for application of health policy and management skills to apply basic knowledge relating to health policy and management

Course prerequisites

None

Grading Philosophy

Evaluated by reports.

Course schedule

Lectures in this course will be delivered on on-demand online basis. Access the lectures through Manaba system.
Lecture 1, Thursday, October 6, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Introduction: health, health care and policy
Lecture 2, Thursday, October 13, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Determinants of health and policy
Lecture 3, Thursday, October 20, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Role of state and health system
Lecture 4, Thursday, October 27, 3rd period, Reiko Okubo
Japan’s health care provision system
Lecture 5, Thursday, November 10, 3rd period, Reiko Okubo
Japan’s health care financing system
Lecture 6, Thursday, November 17, 3rd period, Kenji Takehara
Practice of health policy sciences
Lecture 7, Thursday, November 24, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Topics in global health policy
Lecture 8, Thursday, December 1, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Health policy process
Lecture 9, Thursday, December 15, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Health planning and management
Lecture 10, Thursday, December 8, 3rd period, Masahide Kondo
Health policies beyond health care policy

Course Detail