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2021-2022 Endicott College Academic Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Endicott College Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOC 216 - United States Healthcare: Institutions and Outcomes


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This course explores the institutions that make up the American healthcare system and their effect on health outcomes for various populations. This includes an examination of the history of private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare, the evolution of medical professions and health providers, and outcomes related to social epidemiology, the social construction of biology, barriers to care, as well as evidence-based medicine.

(Cr: 3)