Instruction
WEEK SEVEN
TOPIC/FOCUS: Public Health and the Role of Government in Health Care/ Research: How
Health Care Advances/ Future of Health Care
Learning Objectives
1) To understand public health and research and the future of health care.
Learning Activities
1) Read Chapters 11, 12, and 13.
Assignments: (30 points) Due Week 7
1) Contrast the population-based orientation of public health with the individual-centered focus of private health practitioners.
2) Describe what is meant by structure, process, and outcome in assessing the quality of medical care. Give some examples of each dimension. How are the three dimensions related?
3) What is your opinion about employers continuing to be the primary vehicle through which Americans obtain health insurance? If this a fair proposition for employers (even not-for-profit employers that in many cases are dependent on inadequate government funding to provide services)? Provide a rationale for your response.