221.652.01 HEALTH FINANCING IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
Department:
International Health
Term: 3rd term
Credits: (3 credits)
Contact: Sachiko Ozawa
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructors:
Description:
Introduces students to concepts and methods in health financing targeting low and middle income countries. Examines four themes of financing: pooling, purchasing and provision of healthcare and surveys health financing practices across countries with different political and economic contexts. Enables students to use household survey data to estimate essential health financing metrics such as out-of-pocket payments, headcount ratio, poverty gap, and catastrophic health expenditures. Prepare students with health financing toolsets for a career in international health.
Student Evaluation: Two assignments (20% each) calculating key health financing metrics using a household dataset. Two papers (25% each) identifying challenges and possible solutions to health financing issues in a low- or middle-income country. Class participation (10%).
Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
- Monday 1:30 - 2:50
- Wednesday 1:30 - 2:50
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Maximum: 30
Instructor Consent:
For consent, contact: sozawa@jhsph.edu
Prerequisite:
Biostatistics 140.611/612 or 140.621/622 or 140.651/652 or experience using stata. 313.639, Microeconomics, or 313.641, Health Economics I are recommended.
Auditors Allowed: Yes, with instructor consent
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Catalog Subcommittee Actions: CourseOfferRationaleNote, PrimaryInstructor2, CoInstructor1, .11/26/2012; CourseOfferRationaleNote, .11/22/2011;