Comparative Health Systems

Beginner Level
1 week to complete at 10 hours a week
Flexible Schedule

Angus Corbett

What You’ll Learn

Identify the World Health Organization building blocks for analyzing systems of healthcare

Apply the WHO building blocks framework to various national healthcare systems to determine strengths and weaknesses

Understand the role of national histories in determining their current approach to healthcare delivery

Analyze how different countries prioritize different aspects of healthcare delivery in improving population health outcomes

Skills You’ll Gain

Health Care Systems Thinking Health Equity Healthcare Industry Knowledge Public Health Health Policy Governance Health Disparities Health Systems Primary Care Health Care Administration

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There are 4 modules in this course

This module will define the goals of comparative analysis of health systems, define the concept of universal health coverage, and introduce the World Health Organization Building Blocks Framework as the methodology for that analysis.

This module explores the peculiarities of the U.S. healthcare system by examining the system through the lens of the WHO Building Blocks Framework.

This module examines the health systems of Germany and England - two high-income countries that have committed to systems of universal health coverage but in different ways.

In the final module of the course, we examine two large middle-income countries and the challenges they face while moving towards systems of universal health coverage.