COURSE NUMBER: MBA297A.1

 

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

 

COURSE TITLE: Healthcare in the 21st Century

 

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3

 

INSTRUCTOR: Kristi Raube

 

E-MAIL ADDRESS: raube@haas.berkeley.edu

 

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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 care system and to highlight its management challenges. It is designed to provide students with:

·        an understanding of the structure, financing, and special properties of health services delivery, particularly in the US;

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

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

·        insights into the management and policy issues that drive efforts to reform the health services system.

 

This class is required for the joint MBA/MPH degree. 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:

 

Kristi 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. She is also the Executive Director of the International Business Development Program, a global management consulting program at Berkeley-Haas.  Dr. Raube has worked to increase health management capacity through executive education and program development in the US and around the world, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. 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.