Course Information
Description
This course will survey the major types of health data used in making health policy, and will look at the role health data plays in addressing several major state health policy challenges. Upon completion of this course you will be able to: describe the most important types of health data used to support state health policymaking; identify the analytic strengths and weakness of each type of health data; provide examples of each type of data being used to support major health policy initiatives in different states; and communicate with precision about the ways health data can support better health policy. The course will cover health data and health policy issues of national importance, while also looking at the tremendous variation in state-level approaches. Each student will write two short policy memos examining health data and health policy issues from either a national or state-level perspective.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
