Understanding Public Health and Healthcare Inequities: Spain and USA
This course introduces the distinctions between public health and healthcare, beginning with a comparison of Spain’s national healthcare system and the U.S.'s private systems. Students will explore access to care, social determinants of health, and resource distribution using case studies from U.S. cities and Barcelona. The course concludes with an analysis of healthcare systems’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term impacts.
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Programs
This course is available as part of these programs.
Choose from May Term, June Term, and/or July Term! Located in the heart of the city, the Barcelona SAE Academic Study Center (SIS) boasts the best local and international professors while maintaining small class sizes. Individualized attention, group projects and our Barce-Local curriculum sets this program ...
Barcelona SAE Academic Center (SIS) - Summer
The SIS + UPF Semester Program provides students to take courses at our study center, SIS, alongside courses on a historic campus, UPF, in either English and/or Spanish. This comprehensive hybrid program provides students with the best of both worlds – small class sizes and local campus immersion.
Barcelona SAE Academic Center (SIS) + UPF
The SIS + Internship Semester Program offers students the unique opportunity to combine 9 credits of coursework at our study center, SIS, with a 3 credit professional internship in a variety of fields. Course and internship options are available in both English and/or Spanish.
Barcelona SAE Academic Center (SIS) + Internship
Located in the heart of the city, the Barcelona SAE Academic Study Center at the School for International Studies (SIS) boasts the best local and international professors while maintaining small class sizes. Individualized attention, group projects and our Barce-Local curriculum sets this program apart.
