Health Administration (HADM) 369

Health Policy in Canada (Revision 5)

Status:

Temporarily closed, effective October 4, 2024

Delivery mode:

Individualized study online. Delivered via Brightspace.

Credits:

3

Area of study:

Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies)

Prerequisites:

HADM 339 or professor approval.

Precluded:

None

Challenge:

HADM 369 is not available for challenge.

Overview

This course is designed for students from a wide variety of backgrounds: health services, administrators, policy makers, practitioners, and clinicians. It provides in-depth discussion concerning the key political and administrative decision-making processes of the Canadian health systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the health policy development process and the issues associated to the welfare state.

The course begins with public policy definition, the health policy development process, and funding solutions to complete policy issues. Students also examine the variety of social, economic and political influences on health policy making. Students will discover that there are a variety of “policy instruments” available to decision makers to solve policy problems at the policy formulation stage.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 5, July 20, 2023

Updated October 4, 2024

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