Issues in International Health

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Course Description

The class will focus on the health policies and delivery mechanisms within representative countries. International health organizations, programs, and other cooperative efforts are discussed. International issues concerning environmental health, health status, and health care activities are studied.

Course Objectives

- Discuss global trends and developments in the field of health care.
- Discuss national military health services systems and health sector management.
- Discuss the health delivery systems of industrialized countries such as United States of America, Germany, Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Japan to include lessons learned.
- Discuss the health delivery systems of developed and developing countries.
- Discuss the financing of health services in various countries.
- Discuss international health statistics and policy.

Readings

  • Anderson, O. W. (1989). The Health Services Continuum in Democratic States. An Inquiry into Solvable Problems. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Health Administration Press.
  • Basch, P. (1999). Textbook of International Health. (2nd Edition). Oxford Press.
  • Brown, J., & Formosa, D. (1999). International Benefit Guidelines 1999 (22nd Edition). William M. Mercer, Ltd.
  • Diamond, J. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton.
  • Dobbins, J. (Summer, 2003)."Nation-building. The inescapable responsiblity of the world's only superpower." Rand Review.
  • Erdmann, Y. and Wilson, R. (2001). Managed Care: A View from Europe. Annual Review Public Health, 22: 273-91.
  • Fingerhut, L.A., Wilson, R.W., and Feldman, J.J. (1980). Health and disease in the United States. Annual Review Public Health, 1: 1-36.
  • Flynn, B.C. (1996). Healthy cities: Toward worldwide health promotion. Annual Review Public Health, 17: 299-309.
  • Fried, B.J. and Gaydos, L.M. (Eds.) (2002). World Health Systems: Challenges and Perspectives. Chicago: Health Administration Press.
  • Friedman, T.L. (2000). The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. New York: Anchor.
  • Friedman, T.L. (2005). The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. New York. [required text]
  • Friedman, T.L. (2008). Hot, Flat, and Crowded. New York: Picador.
  • Grosse, R.N., & Auffrey, C. (1989). Literacy and health status in developing countries. Annual Review Public Health, 10: 281-297.
  • Hungtingon, S.P. (Summer, 1993). The clash of civilizations. Foreign Affairs, v.72.
  • Responses to Huntington.
  • Levin, L.S. and Idler, E.L. (1983). Self-care in health. Annual Review Public Health, 4: 181-201.
  • Mangelsdorff, A.D. (2006). Psychology in the Service of National Security. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [required text]
  • Mendoza, E.M., and Henderson, B.J. (1995). International Health Care: A framework for comparing national health care systems. Tampa, Florida: American College of Physician Executives.
  • Morrissette, J.J., and Borer, D.A. (2004). Where oil and water do mix: Environmental scarcity and future conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. Parameters, 34 (4), 86-101.
  • Murnaghan, J.H. (1981). Health indicators and information systems for the year 2000. Annual Review Public Health, 2: 299-361.
  • Press, I. (2002). Patient Satisfaction: Defining, Measuring, and Improving the Experience of Care. Chicago: Health Administration Press.
  • Roemer, M. I. (1985). National Strategies for Health Care Organization. A World Overview. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Health Administration Press.
  • Roemer, M.I. (1993). National health systems throughout the world. Annual Review Public Health, 14: 335-53.
  • Seib, P. (2004). The news media and the “Class of Civilizations.” Parameters, 34 (4), 71-85.

    Government Reports:

  • U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (November 1993). International Health Statistics: What the Numbers Mean for the United States- Background paper. OTA-BP-H-116 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Canadian Health Insurance: Lessons for the U.S. (GAO/HRD-91-90).
  • Combating Terrorism: How Five Foreign Countries Are Organized to Combat Terrorism (Letter Report, 04/07/2000, GAO/NSIAD-00-85).
  • Defense Health Care: Issues and Challenges Confronting Military Medicine. GAO/HEHS-95-104. March, 1995.
  • Defense Health Care: Resources, Patient Access, and Challenges in Europe and the Pacific (Letter Report, 08/31/2000, GAO/HEHS-00-172).
  • 1993 German Health Reforms. New Cost Control Initiatives. GAO/HRD-93-103.
  • German Health Reforms: Changes Result in Lower Health Costs in 1993 (Letter Report, 12/16/94, GAO/HEHS-95-27).
  • Long-Term Care: Other Countries Tighten Budgets While Seeking Better Access (Chapter Report, 08/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-154).
  • Prescription Drugs: Spending Controls in Four European Countries (Chapter Report, 05/17/94, GAO/HEHS-94-30).
  • Preventive Health Care for Children. Experience From Selected Foreign Countries. GAO/HRD-93-62.
  • Primary Care Physicians: Managing Supply in Canada, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom (Letter Report, 05/18/94, GAO/HEHS-94-111).
  • Universal Health Care: Effects on Military Systems in Other Countries and the United States (Briefing Report, 07/11/94, GAO/HEHS-94-182BR).
  • Veterans' Health Care: Implications of Other Countries' Reforms for the United States (Briefing Report, 09/27/94, GAO/HEHS-94-210BR).

    Readiness and Areas of Responsibility

  • Operations
  • National Security Strategy of U.S.
  • Joint Operating Environment (2010)
  • National Military Strategy
  • Unified Commands
  • Defenselink
  • Jane's Defence Section
  • Jane's IntelWeb
  • Janes's Sentinel Security Assessments
  • Choke Points
  • WSJ Oil Choke Points
  • Federation of American Scientists
  • National Strategy Forum
  • Commonwealth Institute Project on Defense Alternatives
  • Prevention: Hooah4Health
  • Deployment Globe
  • Deployment Immunizations
  • Military Vaccines
  • 44th MEDCOM
  • Armed Forces Medical Information Center (AFMIC)
  • Healthmap.org
  • ReliefWeb
  • Emergency Events Database
  • World Disasters, Famine Timeline
  • United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
  • USAID Disaster Assistance
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Water, Sanitation, and Health
  • Naval and Marine Public Health Center
  • International Crisis Group
  • Department of State Background Notes
  • CGSC Combined Arms Research Laboratory
  • Emergency.net
  • Partners In Health (PIH)
  • Copenhagen Consensus Center
  • PBS Frontline: al queda's new front
  • Terrorism Research Center
  • Patterns of Global Terrorism
  • Terrorism Risk map
  • Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)
  • National Intelligence Council: Mapping the Global Future
  • Global Health and Security Initiative
  • The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States
  • NBII Wildlife Disease Information
  • DCI Strategic Warning Committee: World Wide Threat 2004
  • Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRP)
  • WorldNews Network
  • Countrywatch.com
  • Nationmaster.com

    Geography

  • CIA World Factbook
  • GeoHive Global Data
  • World Rankings
  • WorldClock & Pop Demographics
  • Library of Congress (LOC) Country Studies
  • New Scientist
  • Enviroliteracy.org
  • Destination LonelyPlanet
  • LOC: Portals to the World
  • World Meterological Organization (WMO)
  • U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs
  • U.S. Department of State Medical Information for Travelers
  • United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Canadian Consular Affairs Bureau
  • Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • National Geographical Society (NGS)
  • Cornell's Geoscience Interformation System
  • Weather Underground

    Demographics and Socioeconomic Indicators

  • Census Enumerations 1955 to present
  • Embassy Page
  • Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom
  • Index Economic Freedom (IEF) map *
  • Fraser Institute
  • Freedom House
  • A.T. Kearney Globalization Index
  • Politics of Health
  • InfoPlease World Statistics
  • GeoHive Global Statistics
  • Global Muslim Population
  • Islamic population
  • The Revolt of Islam (The New Yorker)
  • Dept. of Labor: Foreign Labor Stats
  • World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Indices
  • UN Education data (International Bureau of Education)
  • UN Statistics Division: Social Indicators
  • UNESCO Statistics
  • World Resources Institute: EarthTrends
  • UN Cyberschoolbus Global Trends
  • Global Environment Outlook
  • World Bank: Competitiveness Indicators
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
  • Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
  • Wellbeing of Nations (IDRC)
  • Wellbeing of Nations
  • Academy for International Health Studies, Inc.
  • IMS Health
  • Unitarian Universalist Service Committee(UUSC)
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • GMAC Global Relocation Services
  • Oneworld.net
  • United Nations: Human Development Reports
  • U.N. Development Programme: Energy for Sustainable Development
  • Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
  • Globalization Research Center
  • UNDP Arab Human Development Reports
  • UN Conference on Trade and Development
  • UN World Food Programme
  • Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • Africana.com
  • Univ. Pennsylvania African Studies Center
  • Yale University African studies
  • Universal Health Care Action Network
  • Global Health Inequities
  • Science State of the Planet (2003)
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • Cross national dataset (Norris)
  • Women Political Leaders
  • Trends of 20th Century Demographics

    Income and Poverty

  • United Nations Human Development Report
  • Statistical Data on Developing Countries [J. McGuire]
  • Gini Index
  • Wealth Distribution/Gini Index
  • Legatum Prosperity Index
  • World Bank: World Development Indicators
  • Penn World Table, International Comparisons
  • UNU Wider Database World Income Inequality Database (WIID)
  • WHO Demographics & Socioeconomic Statistics

    Health Status

  • Super Project International Health
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • U.N. Millennium Development Goals Gapminder stats
  • Millennium Development Goals Tracker
  • World Bank: World Development Indicators and Statistics
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • WHO European Region Health for All
  • World Health Report
  • Human Mortality Database
  • Health People 2010
  • Health for All by 2020
  • Causes of Death by Development
  • Patterns of World Urbanization
  • World urbanization
  • Urbanization
  • World Disasters News
  • Worldwide epidemics
  • World Disasters, Famine timeline, 21st century
  • European Health Information Network
  • World Health Organization: Burden of Disease
  • Global Burden of Disease and Injury
  • WHO Tuberculosis
  • Globalhealthfacts.org
  • DirectRelief
  • Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) International Health Statistics: What the numbers mean for the U.S.
  • CDC Travel Information
  • WHO Health Topics & Policies
  • WHO Statistical Information System
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • UNHCR National Reports
  • WHO Health Personnel
  • WHO Global Status Report: Tobacco and Health
  • National Tobacco Information Online Systems (NATIONS)
  • Culturgrams
  • European Health Statistics
  • Global Action on Aging
  • Virtual Library Public Health Resources
  • Public Health Resources
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Population Reference Bureau
  • Demographic Transition
  • Overpopulation
  • Population Pyramid
  • Bureau of Census International Data Base (IDB) Demographic Indicators
  • UNICEF Statistics
  • United Nations Population Information Network
  • United Nations Economic and Social Development
  • VL Public Health: Globalization
  • Foreign Government Statistical Resources
  • National Council for Science and Environment: Congressional Research Service reports
  • Michigan State University International Business Resources
  • Nautilus Institute
  • Association of Caribbean States
  • University of Texas International Network Information Centers
  • Infectious Disease Events of 20th Century
  • PAHO Epidemiological Bulletin
  • PAHO Country Health Profiles

    Behavioral Risk Factors

  • Country Information
  • WHO National Immunization Coverage
  • CDC Traveler's Health Vaccinations
  • Vaccinations and Immunizations
  • Tobacco Use
  • International Obesity Task Force
  • WHO Europe Young People and Alcohol Use
  • Global Alcohol Database
  • HIV/AIDS
  • HIV/AIDS & STD
  • Population Ageing: Public Health Challenge
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Global Hunger Index

    Immigrants and Refugees

  • International Organization for Migration
  • Global Migration Trends and Asylum
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Immigrant Groups/Trends in U.S.
  • Migration Policy Institute
  • Immigration and the Nation State
  • Migration Rates
  • Council of Graduate Schools
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • GCIR International Migration Statistics
  • Radio Free Europe
  • Federal Ministry of the Interior

    National Health Services

  • Health Care System Goals
  • Nations with Universal Health Care
  • National Systems
  • International Health Care Systems Financing Systems (OECD)
  • Physicians for a National Health Program
  • Center for International Health Information
  • Martindale's Reference Desk: Countries and International Services
  • OTA International Comparisons of Administrative Costs in Health Care
  • Europe Healthcare
  • WHO European Region
  • GlobalHealth Resources.com
  • Physician Supply

    Structure Health Care System

  • Medical Marketing Services, Inc.
  • U.S. National Health Expenditures
  • U.S. National Health Expenditures by Type
  • National Health-related websites
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Costs and Financing

  • Designing a World Class Health Care Financing System
  • William M. Mercer: International Benefit Guidelines
  • Global Policy Network
  • OECD Healthcare Expenditures as % GNP
  • International Monetary Fund
  • Central Banks of the World

    Conflict and Health

  • Conflict and Health
  • Conflict Health
  • Wars and Atrocities of 20th Century
  • Wars of the World: Armed Conflict Event Data (ACED)
  • War Stats Casualties
  • Correlates of War (COW)
  • Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
  • UCDP Conflict maps
  • Armed conflicts (UCDP-PRIO)
  • Conflict database
  • Infant Mortality Rates 1816-2002
  • War and Public Health
  • Child Soldiers and Armed Conflict

    Armed Forces and Security

  • Armed Forces of the World
  • Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) - SIPRI
  • Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) Global Militarization Index
  • Eurasia Group
  • Globalsecurity.org
  • Globalfirepower.com
  • Foreign Policy
  • Failed States Index
  • Federation of American Scientists
  • Center for Army Lessons Learned
  • Institute for Science and International Security
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance
  • Center for Defense Information
  • Strategic Studies Institute
  • NATO Countries
  • Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
  • Department of State Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN) Electronic Library Research Collection
  • International Relations and Security Network
  • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
  • SIPRI Military Expenditures Trends
  • Bureau of Arms Control Military Expenditures
  • Tricare Operations Center Eligibility stats
  • U.S. Deaths/Casualties
  • Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
  • DoD Task Force on Future of Military Health Care
  • International Data Resource Center ICPSR WMEAT
  • Military Expenditures *

    Politics and Elections

  • Governments on WWW
  • Elections Around World
  • Political Database of the Americas
  • Europa Statistics
  • United Nations Security Council Members

    Telecommunications & Information Technology

  • Infoplease.com Communications
  • UNDP Access to Information & Communications
  • OTA Bringing Health Care Technology Online: The Role of Information Technologies
  • OTA Healthcare Technology and its Assessment
  • HealthNet: SatelLife Services
  • OECD Telecommunications
  • Telecom & Broadcasting Regulatory Overview
  • Telecommunications Online
  • Forrester Research
  • Forbes ASAP Online
  • Healthcare Informatics
  • Media Metrix
  • Information Highways & Regional Healthcare in Europe
  • Data cards in healthcare
  • Healthcare Informatics: Western Europe
  • Clinical Information Consultancy

    Reform

  • MedWebPlus: Health Care Reform
  • Health Reform Online
  • International Clearinghouse of Health System Reform Initiatives
  • European Clearinghouse on Health Systems Reform
  • Health Affairs
  • Health Sector Reform Initiatives in Latin America and Caribbean
  • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Reform
  • RAND Health Compare

    Analyses of Health Systems

  • International health systems comparisons
  • World Health Organization Health Systems Rankings
  • Health and Human Society (Hertzman, C., 2001)
  • Harvard Medical International (HMI): From Practice to Policy
  • World Health Report
  • Multinational health policy survey comparisons
  • Effects of Health Care on Mortality: OECD Model
  • Global Aging into 21st Century
  • Economics of Better Health [Cutler]
  • Population Action International
  • Bartlett's Top 10
  • Comparison of the NHS with California's Kaiser Permanente
  • Hypertension Prevalence and Blood Pressure Levels
  • Cancer Rates
  • Cross cultural comparisons
  • Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease
  • Prevention of coronary heart disease by diet and lifestyle
  • Relation between blood pressure and mortality due to coronary heart disease
  • Health Gap in Europe
  • Contribution of cultural perspective in understanding and evaluating client satisfaction
  • Cost of health system change: public discontent in five nations
  • Inequities in health care: a five-country survey
  • Physicians' views on quality of care: a five-country comparison
  • Comparison of Health Care System Views and Experiences in Five Nations, 2001
  • Quality and cost of healthcare: a cross-national comparison of American and Dutch attitudes
  • Olympic medals
  • Public Opinion Surveys
  • Pew Global Attitudes Project

    Analyses and Resources

  • USNS Mercy
  • Why important
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  • 1904
  • IH Blessings
  • Travel Health
  • International Data sets
  • Gapminder
  • TED.com: Hans Rosling (2006)
  • TED.com: Hans Rosling (2007)
  • Beerknurd - Flying Saucer.
  • Brasserie Pavil

    Communications

    If you have comments, questions, or need further information, please contact me.

    A. David Mangelsdorff, Ph.D., M.P.H.
    Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Health & Business Admin.
    Graduate School (MCCS-HGE-HA)
    AMEDD Center & School - 3151 Scott Road
    Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6135
    U.S.A.

    		Phone: [1] 210-221-6756 or 6345
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