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
INSTRUCTOR
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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.