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Social Work 299, Section
2
Health Policy and Services Syllabus
California State University, Sacramento
Division Of Social Work
Health and Human Services
Spring 2001
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Objectives
Assignments
Grades
Materials
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SW 299 Section 2 - HEALTH
POLICY AND SERVICES
SPRING 2001, E.Gale
Office - MRP 3021 Ph. -278-7060
Office hours - W & Th
4:30-5:30 p.m. & by appointment
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Course
Content and Objectives
The course is designed to
assist students in understanding the issues of public policy, financing
and the organization and delivery of health services in the United States.
The objectives of the course
are to understand:
- Critical problems and
issues re health care
- The role of government
and health policy
- The economics of health
care
- The role of health insurance
and managed care
- The uninsured and underinsured
- The health system and
the health delivery continuum
- Issues re diverse populations
- Ethical issues
- Alternative proposals
for addressing the critical health care issues
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Required
Texts
Harrington,
Charlene and Estes, Caroll, Crisis and Reform in the Health Care
Delivery System - 3 ed., Jones & Bartlett, 2001
Torr, James D. ed, Health
Care - Opposing Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press, 2000
DHHS - PHS, Healthy People
2010, Jones & Bartlett, 2001
Reprints - Supplemental reading
materials
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Course
Format
The
course format is lecture-discussion and is dependent upon full class
participation and interaction.
This is especially
true in this class, a live distance learning model, at CSUS and at other
sites.
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Course Requirements
A. Reading the texts and
supplemental reading materials before class
B. Attendance and participation
in class discussions
C. Papers
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- Term paper |
D. Examinations
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Evaluation
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Grades
will be earned as follows: |
| Mid-term |
25 |
93-100 |
A |
| Mini-
paper |
20 |
90-92 |
A- |
| Term
paper |
30 |
80-89 |
B- |
| Final
exam |
25 |
70-79 |
C |
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Below
70 |
U |
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Papers- Outline - APA
format - bibliography
Mini-paper - 4 pgs.
Explore the issue of health
access for the uninsured in your county of residence-interview selected
individuals and examine data
- Review the county's program
for addressing the issue
- Describe the gaps or problems
in assuring access
- Review programs activities
of groups promoting grreater access.
- Describe your evaluation
- and your recommendations
Term paper - 8-10 pgs.
Select a health policy or
service issue - narrow he focus, e.g. local hospital staffing, children's
health in the county or state, adult day health care, etc.
- Identify the problems
and issues.
- Examine reasons for the
problems - including politics and economics
- Review recent proposals
for adressing the issues
- Identify the values underlying
proposals
- Outline pro and con arguments
re change proposals
- Your recommendations for
change - and rationale.
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Course Outline
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WEEK
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TOPIC
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READING
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I. Introduction
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HC- Health Care |
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HP- Health Policy |
| '10
- Health People 2010 |
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2/1
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1.Overview
- Problem/Issues
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2/8
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2. Is
Reform Necessary
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HC -
Ch 1
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2/15
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3. Health
Status Access to Care
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HP - Ch
1
HP - Ch
2
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| 2/22 |
4.Economics
of Health Care |
HP -
Ch 7&8, Reprint
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| 3/1 |
5.
Managed Care |
HP
- Ch 2, HP - Ch 9, Reprint |
| MINI-PAPER DUE |
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WEEK
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TOPIC
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READING
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II. The Health Policy
Debate
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3/8
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6.The
Politics of Health Care
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HP -
Ch 10
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3/15
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HP -
Ch 8 - Medicare, Reprint
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| Medicare
Savings Accounts |
HC- Ch 4 -
#3, #4 |
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3/22
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8. Medicaid
- CHIP
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HP - Ch
8 - Medicaid, Reprint
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| Uninsured |
Reprint |
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MID-TERM |
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WEEK
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TOPIC
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READING
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III. Health Care
Delivery System
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3/29
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9.Models
Organization - prevention,
primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, hospitals
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HP - Ch
4
Reprint
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4/5
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HP -
Ch 3, Reprint
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| 4/12 |
SPRING
BREAK
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4/19
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11. Staffing
in Health Care
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HP -
Ch 5
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| Issues
re Diverse Populations |
Reprint
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| 4/26 |
12.
Quality of Care |
HP -
Ch 6
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| Ethical
Issues in Health Care |
Reprint
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WEEK
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TOPIC
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READING
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IV. The Future?
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5/3
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13.Healthy
People 2010
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' 10
- TBA
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5/10
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14.
Healthy People 2010 - (cont'd)
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' 10
- TBA
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| International
Perspctives |
HP - Ch 11 |
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TERM PAPER DUE
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| 5/17 |
15.Health
Care Reform |
HP -
Ch 12, HC - Ch 4, Reprint
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| 5/25 |
FINAL
EXAM DUE |
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Resources
| Glossary |
Health
Policy - p. 479 |
| Bibliographics |
Health
Care - p. 213 |
| Health
Policy - end of each artical |
| Organizations
to Contract |
National
- Health Care - p. 210 |
| Sacramento
Yellow Pages - Associations |
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Select
Websites
AARP
http://www.aarp.org
CA Home Page
http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
- Dept. of Health Services
- Dept. of Managed Care
- Legislative Info - CA
http://www.
leginfo.ca.gov/
Health Care Financing Administration
- U.S.
http://www.hcfa.gov/
Healthy People
http://web.health.gov/healthypeople/
Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/
Health Insurance Policy Program
http://chpps.berkeley.edu/
Ideas 2000
http://www.2000.org/
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org
Physicians for National Health
Program
http://www.pnhp.org/
The Century Foundation
http://www.tcf.org/
The Public Policy Institute
of CA
http://www.ppic.org/
The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/
Universal Health Care Action
Network
http://www.uhcan.org/
World Wide Web Resources
for SW
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
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