COURSE NUMBER: MBA297A.1

This course is cross-listed with the School of Public Health

COURSE TITLE: Healthcare in the 21st Century (formerly known as: Introduction to the Health Care System)

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3

INSTRUCTOR: Kristi Raube

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MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00AM - 12:30PM

PREREQUISITE(S): None.

CLASS FORMAT: Lecture, cases and discussion

REQUIRED READINGS: Required course reader

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Cases, midterm exam, final presentation, and class participation

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of this course is to provide a systematic overview of the U.S. health services system by

* providing students with an understanding of the structure, financing, and special properties of health services delivery;

* applying social science theory, disciplinary contributions, and research findings to the understanding of significant problems of health services delivery;

* analyzing current sources of data about health status, health services use, financing, and indicators of the performance of the health delivery system;

* building a higher level of expertise about one health-related organization; and

* identifying and analyzing the larger management and policy issues that drive efforts to reform the health services system.

This class is required for the joint MBA/MPH degree and the Certificate in Health Management. It prepares students to take more advanced course work in the strategic management of health services, health care finance, and health policy analysis.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

Kristiana Raube, PhD is an Adjunct Professor at the Haas School of Business and the Executive Director of the Graduate Program in Health Management at the University of California Berkeley, a program that prepares students for leadership roles in all aspects of healthcare, including care delivery and financing, biotechnology and medical devices, information technology, and consulting. Dr. Raube has worked to increase health management capacity through executive education and program development in the US and around the world, including China, India, Vietnam, Romania, Uganda, Lesotho, Togo, and the Demographic Republic of the Congo, among others. Her research focuses on the delivery and financing of health services and she has evaluated a large number of health programs, including ones focused on physician payment, quality of care, access to care, infant mortality, and community-based health care. Dr. Raube received her doctorate in public policy from the RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies, her masters in public health from UCLA, and her bachelors of arts degree in biology from the University of Colorado.