Description
HCM550
Healthcare Policy
Analysis and
Development
Instructor Name
Module 5 Learning Outcomes
1. Evaluate the important stakeholders in the healthcare policymaking
process globally.
2. Determine the role of stakeholders in healthcare policy decisions in
Saudi Arabia.
3. Analyze the role of politics in healthcare policymaking.
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
Module 5 Lecture
The Context of Healthcare
• Demographic Factors
• Legal System
• Biomedical Technology
• Media
• Political System
• Social Structures
• Public Expectations
• Interest Groups
• Insurance Structure
• Healthcare Sector
• Social Values
• Cultural Factors
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis
and Development
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Contrasting Political Systems
• Unitary – concentrates political authority in a
central government
• Federal – constitutionally divides powers among
central government and states, provinces, or other
sub-national units of government
• Distribution of power – disperses power within each
level of government
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Legal Systems
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
Module 5 Lecture
Cultural and Historical Factors
• Political culture – a complex set of beliefs, values
and attitudes held by the public concerning the role
of government
• Definitions of health
• Role of government
• Is healthcare a right or privilege?
• Healthcare Culture
• Communitarian
• Egalitarian
• Individualistic
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Cultural and Traditional Medicine
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Functionalist explanation: Population
• Size
• Diversity
• Views of health and practices
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Functionalist Explanation: Wealth of
Countries
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Challenges in Comparing Wealth
• Results are dependent on calculations
• Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the value of all
final goods and services produced in a country
within a year, divided by the average population of
that year.
• GDP nominal vs. GDP per capita
• Cost of Living
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Determinants of Health
• Disparities – differences between groups
• Populations
• Social
• Economic
• Gender
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Income
• Health Status
• National
• Individual
• Policy constraints impact the most vulnerable
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Education
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Additional Factors of Health
• Unemployment
• Mental Health
• Family
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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Conclusion
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
Module 5 Discussion
We have discussed many of the stakeholders involved in policy
making. Each one has different motivations and interests in each
policy. Some stakeholders may be working on policies in a
manner that is unethical.
Address the following requirements:
● Why might stakeholders work in an unethical manner for a
policy?
● Discuss two examples of unethical practices in policy making.
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
Questions
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Next Live Session
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HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
References
• Blank, R., Burau, V. & Kuhlmann, E. (Eds.). (2017).
Comparative health policy (5th ed.). London, England:
Palgrave. ISBN: 978-1137544957
HCM550 Healthcare Policy Analysis and Development
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