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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Comparative Health Systems by University of Pennsylvania

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About the Course

This course uses comparative analysis of health care systems to gain a better understanding of health care systems in several high-income, middle-income and low-income countries. One focus of analysis in this course will therefore be to develop a better knowledge of these health care systems. A second focus will be to use to this analysis to gain a better understanding of the health care system in the United States. This analysis is relevant for those who are directly interested in the United States, but it is also relevant for those students who are seeking to enhance knowledge of the health care systems in their home countries by gaining a better understanding of the United States’ health care system. A comparative analysis of health systems will help managers and health care professionals who are responsible for optimizing organizational outcomes by improving the quality of health care and simultaneously reducing the costs of health care. The course will use of a combination of the World Health Organization building blocks framework along with theories of complex systems to establish a framework to compare health systems in a number of high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries. This analysis will develop the capacity of managers to critically evaluate relationships between their organizations and the broader set of interactions between the building blocks that make up particular health care systems....

Top reviews

RJ

Jan 18, 2022

Interesting and informative. I learned a lot from the instructor's insights.

JS

Nov 10, 2021

great review of very different health care systems, how they came to be what they are, how well they function and where they are going

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By Marianna M

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Feb 6, 2022

Good course - needs an update. With last two years of COVID think that the general conclusion in Week 1 about highly developed countries just dealing with chronic disease instead of epidemics needs to be caveated. Also in discussing the Affordable Care Act, please note that there is no longer a penalty involved (court decision) for not having insurance. Think the instructor somewhat biased in favor of universal health care - comment on US system "how do they get away with that". Also mentioned that "several of Dem candiates in 2016 favored universal health care" but in fairness need to mention that neither of the Dem nominees in 2016 or 2020 favored that. Suggest that a look at Canada for comparison might be valid since their geography (large rural as well as urban centers) is more comparable to US.

By Dominic B

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Nov 2, 2023

The content of the course is quite good, although a bit dense. However, it needs to be updated since covid. In addition, there are several links that do not work anymore. It also would have been nice to include a case study on a poorer country.

By Brenda B

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Jul 14, 2025

dependo de opinion de otras personas para temrinar un modulo no me gusta eso.