Comparative Health Law Systems (Corbett)
Faculty
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| Angus Corbett Adjunct Professor corbetta@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Grading
20% Participation,
60% Paper,
20% Other (Students will have the opportunity to present case studies of health systems in a number of high, middle
and low-income countries. Ordinarily a group students will be responsible for developing and presenting
these case studies. There will be an amount of 20% of the grade in the course for researching and
presenting these case studies.)
With Permission of Instructor
The topic for the research paper in this course is chosen by the student but it is developed and refined in
consultation with the Professor. There is an obligation to submit an outline of the topic for the research
project in the middle part of the course. This outline will form the basis for discussing and refining the topic
in consultation with the student.
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can send you an email with instructions for accessing the recording for the class session(s) you missed.
- If you are absent, due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can ask for volunteers among your classmates to share their notes with you.
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- When you are better, please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
W 6:40PM - 8:40PM
Tanenbaum Hall 142
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
The high cost of health care and the limited coverage provided by the health system represent challenges to systems of law, regulation, and governance in the U.S. This course uses comparative analysis to address a series of questions to analyze the nature and extent of these challenges. It will ask the following questions. What are the forces that drive the U.S. health system and why have stakeholders gravitated to managed care as the mechanism for governing and managing people's access to health care, and the cost and quality of that health care? What are the system dynamics that support high levels of spending on health care and high levels of consumption of health care services alongside health outcomes that are materially worse than in many other high-income countries? What role does the legal system play in supporting and regulating a health system that produces these high levels of spending and consumption alongside materially worse outcomes? The course addresses these questions about the dynamics of the U.S. health system by analyzing the system dynamics of health systems in other countries. The goal of comparative analysis is not to advocate for the adoption of Universal Health Coverage. Rather, it is directed at mapping out some of the pathways for the reform of U.S. health care and at identifying the role of legal institutions in charting the directions of these pathways.
Health Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of health law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of health law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to health law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection among health law and policy and issues of access to services, public and private financing of health industries, and the political and economic issues surrounding issues of health law and health services.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.
Textbooks
"Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?" by Ezekiel Emanuel |