Introduction to Health Policy

With the evolution of healthcare policies and their subsequent integration into healthcare systems, this book will introduce your students to health policy making, critical health policy issues, health policy research/evaluation methods, and international perspectives on health policy. Shi takes a unique perspective by integrating all these topics into this a one-of-a-kind book. Real-world cases and examples reinforce the theories and concepts throughout the book and address all healthcare settings, including public health, managed care, ambulatory care, extended care, and the hospital setting.

Introduction to Health Policy provides an overview of:

• Dominant frameworks of health determinants and health policy formulation
• Major types of health policies, including special populations such as racial/ethnic minorities, those with low-income, the elderly, women & children, people with HIV/AIDS, the mentally ill, and the homeless
• Health policy issues related to financing and delivery in the U.S. and abroad
• The importance of an international perspective, in both developed and developing countries
• Processes and context for federal, state, and local health policymaking
• Health policy research methods so that students can learn to study and analyze policy issues

Instructor resources will include a test bank, answers to discussion questions, and PowerPoint slides.

About the Author

Leiyu Shi, DrPH, is professor of health policy and health services research at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management. He also serves as director of the Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center. He received his doctoral education from the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in health policy and services research. He also has a master’s degree in business administration focusing on finance. Dr. Shi’s research focuses on primary care, health disparities, and vulnerable populations. He has conducted extensive studies related to the association between primary care and health outcomes, particularly on the role of primary care in mediating the adverse impact of income inequality on health outcomes. Dr. Shi is also well known for his extensive research on vulnerable populations in the United States, in particular community health centers that serve vulnerable populations in the areas of sustainability, provider recruitment and retention experiences, financial performance, experience under managed care, and quality of care. Dr. Shi is the author of nine textbooks and more than 150 scientific journal articles.