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Innovations in Health Care for Aging Populations
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, November 19, 2012
End Date
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
M, Tu, W, 8:30am - 6:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Acquaints students with the nature of the health care received by older Americans at home and in hospitals, nursing homes, emergency departments, rehabilitation facilities, and outpatient offices. Presents successful and promising innovations in the health care of older people. Provides students with available evidence about the costs and effectiveness of these innovations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- To describe the nature of health care received by older Americans in hospitals, nursing homes, emergency departments, rehabilitation facilities, outpatient offices and at home
- discuss the nature of successful and promising innovations in the health care of older people
- appraise the available evidence on the costs and the effectiveness of these innovations
- identify how innovations are affected by public policies, organizational characteristics, provider incentives and interests, and patient behaviors and expectations
Enrollment Restriction
Public Health graduate students only