Description:

This course is intended for students who are planning a career in health care management and/or health care policy studies. It is designed to introduce the basic approach to public health policy development within the formal procedures and series of goal-oriented steps undertaken by government-authorized participants. It also provides an introduction to political analysis. During the learning process framework for influencing policy at global, European and national level with the main actors and determinants of public health policy are identified. Health policy will be explained as a science of the health system management and will be described by using policy cycle and the policy making process. Besides consideration of actual international public health policies, particular attention is given to European Union public health policy and its objectives. The universal principles of this policy are explained based on four freedoms of movement, solidarity, social inclusion, efficiency, horizontal management and good governance in general. Taking into account that health policy is evidence based and is integrated with community expectations, political reality and available resources, students will be trained to research its scope and limitations.