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University of California, Irvine: Health Care Executive MBA
University: University of California, Irvine
Department: Graduate School of Management
Location: Irvine, CA, USA
The Health Care Executive MBA Program (HCEMBA) is a unique learning environment exclusively for individuals working in the health care industry who want to pursue an MBA degree. Recognized among the leading health care MBA programs in the nation, it is designed for health industry professionals who recognize the critical need for business, finance and management training to prepare them to advance and lead change in the health care arena. HCEMBA teaches you how to maximize opportunities in the complex, and ever changing, business world and health care industry. You learn the fundamentals of management and gain a thorough understanding of the economic, political and social dynamics that are reshaping the global business environment and the health care industry. Active use of information technology and the Internet are employed as powerful tools on how to strategically use and and manage information. Increasingly, students are finding that they can use what they learn about management, information and technology--combined with their knowledge of the health care industry--to advance their careers, identify new ways of making health care delivery more efficient and build new business models.
Classes are held once a month at the UC Irvine Graduate School of Management for 3 consecutive days, Thursday evening through Sunday noon. This concentrated schedule allows students from out of the area to attend and to complete their MBA degree in 24 months in order to maximize their learning while minimizing disruption from their work. HCEMBA is a comprehensive academic experience exclusively for professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, and the full range of medical professionals. Participants have significant relevant work experience, demonstrated leadership abilities and a proven track record of success.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.gsm.uci.edu/portal/prospective.htm
http://www.uci.edu/
University of Lausanne: Master in Health Economics and Management
University: University of Lausanne
Department: Institute of Health Economics and Management
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
The rapid transformation of financing models in health care and the expanding application of economic mechanisms in the health care sector make it necessary for all actors in the field to acquire aditionnal theoretical knowledge and practical skills, as well as an in-depth experience in the use of analytical tools, to enable them to understand the mechanisms underlying the health market, the ones governing its financing and those influencing its organisation. To respong to this need IEMS offers a Master of Health Economics and Mangement (MHEM) for all professionals in the field of Health and who wish to complement their initial education. MHEM is the leading postgraduate program in the field of Health Economics and Management in Switzerland. Please note that this program is offered only in French.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.hec.unil.ch/hec/utile/futurs_etudiants?lang=en
http://www.unil.ch
University of Michigan: Master of Health Services Administration
University: University of Michigan
Department: Department of Health Management and Policy
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
The University of Michigan's Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) is designed to provide a well-rounded, high-quality professional education to gifted, dedicated men and women who aspire to leading positions in the management and planning of health services. A wide variety of career opportunities await our graduates. MHSA alumni hold key positions in hospitals, clinics, doctor's offices, home health care organizations, health insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, complex organizations integrating health care provision and financing, consulting firms, and government agencies.
The MHSA curriculum consists of 60 credit hours, and is designed to provide students with an array of skills that will prepare them for careers in either the public or the private sector. Coursework integrates a variety of disciplines, including biostatistics, economics, epidemiology, finance, law, organizational theory, and political science. Thus, our students receive training in the management and administration of health care organizations and in health care policy.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/hmp/programs/
http://www.umich.edu
University of Michigan: Master of Public Health
University: University of Michigan
Department: Department of Health Management and Policy
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
The Master of Public Health (MPH) is the basic professional degree offered by the School of Public Health. It is required by statute for public health professionals working in certain classifications in many jurisdictions, and it is the oldest degree specifically identified with public health training. The MPH is particularly appropriate for individuals who plan to work in federal, state, or local health agencies, and for individuals who want to work in international health organizations. The degree is also highly suitable for individuals who envision public or private sector careers in policy areas such as environmental health, occupational health, disease prevention and control, injury prevention, or substance abuse.
The MPH curriculum consists of 60 credit hours, and is designed to provide students with an array of skills that will prepare them for careers in either the public or private sector. Coursework integrates a variety of disciplines, including biostatistics, economics, epidemiology, law, organizational theory, and political science. Thus, our students receive training in public health politics and policy analysis, and in the management of health-related programs or agencies.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/hmp/programs/
http://www.umich.edu
University of Michigan: MSc in Health Services Research
University: University of Michigan
Department: Department of Health Management and Policy
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
The Department of Health Management and Policy is pleased to announce a new master's degree program, a Master of Science in Health Services Research (MS-HSR). Students interested in pursuing careers in health services research will find this an attractive degree option. The program, which builds on our internationally recognized MHSA and MPH programs, is designed to provide intensive coursework and field study in quantitative and qualitative research methods. It will permit students to take advantage of our combined strengths in cutting edge health policy and health services research and our innovative health policy and health management curriculum.
The goals of the MS-HSR degree are:- To enable students to identify and conduct health services research concerning current and future health policy issues in a variety of public and private sector research settings.
- To provide students with hands-on experience working with Health Management and Policy and other School of Public Health faculty on current health services research projects that deal with both policy and management issues in today's society.
- To introduce students to the broad array of research designs and methods that characterize modern health services research.
- To provide students with deep and broad knowledge and understanding of the US health care and public health systems and, thus enable students to frame and conduct policy-relevant health services research.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/hmp/programs/
http://www.umich.edu
University of Michigan: PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy
University: University of Michigan
Department: Department of Health Management and Policy
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
The doctoral program in Health Services Organization and Policy is offered by the department of Health Management and Policy in the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. The HSOP Program leads to a PhD conferred by the University of Michigan's Rackham School of Graduate Studies and prepares students for careers in research, teaching, and policy analysis in the broad fields of health services and health policy.
One of the most attractive features of the HSOP program is its strong focus on a social science cognate. Students leave our program trained in both health services research and a cognate field that gives them a theory perspective on the applied issues of health services. Cognates featured are economics, political science, finance, sociology/organizational theory, and interdisciplinary studies. We strongly believe that command of a cognate field's theory perspectives are essential to bringing a theoretical perspective to research, and there is no better way to facilitate success in dissertation writing and career-long publication. Students take the equivalent of a master's degree in their cognate at one of UM's outstanding departments. In addition, each student must master applicable research design and data analysis methodologies, concentrating during the course of studies on the application of these methods to problems and issues in health services and health policy.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/hmp/programs/
http://www.umich.edu
University of Pennsylvania: PhD in Health Care Systems
University: University of Pennsylvania
Department: Wharton School
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Wharton's doctoral program in health care systems prepares scholars to contribute to multidisciplinary research while interacting in a research team setting. The program combines intensive graduate level training in health care systems and health services research combined with advanced training in a traditional business discipline. Students include physicians, future physicians, clinically trained professionals and those from a business, math, or social science background. The goal is to gain an interdisciplinary health-services research focus that is applicable across private and public sectors. Faculty members engage in a broad range of research related to health care management, economics and policy. Doctoral students are afforded opportunities to work closely with Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics faculty and to study and conduct research within the University of Pennsylvania Health Care System.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/doctoral/
http://www.upenn.edu
University of Southern Denmark: PhD in Economics, Specializing in Health Economics
University: University of Southern Denmark
Department: Faculty of Social Sciences
Location: Odense, Denmark
The Ph.D. programme is a three year position and provides a possibility to gain knowledge in health economics and health services research, undertake advanced learning in a specialized field, and perform original research in close collaboration with members of the faculty. The Ph.D. student will gain a broad knowledge of the field and skills in the application and development of appropriate methods. The three year position offers a exceptional opportunity to work in with ones own interests combined with the possibility to be supervised. A Ph.D. degree gives the possibility for a career at universities and is an excellent possibility to get interesting positions in private companies, consultancy firms, ministries etc.
The Health Economics Unit is involved in two Ph.D. programmes. With a masterxs degree in economics (or equivalent degree in Social Sciences) the Ph.D. student will be enrolled under the Ph.D. programme in Economics with specialization in Health Economics under the Faculty of Social Sciences. Within Health Economics, the students may specialize in one of the three research areas of the Health Economics Unit: Economic Evaluation including Health Technology Assessment, Organization and Financing of the Health Care Sector, and Health Policy. With a Masterxs degree in Health Sciences the Ph.D. student will be enrolled under the Ph.D. programme under the Faculty of Health Sciences. In this case, the student will normally specialize in Health Services Research.
For more details about this program please visit:
http://www.sam.sdu.dk/e/phd/oek.shtml
University of Wisconsin: Madison, MS in Population Health
University:University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department: Population Health Sciences
Location: Madison, WI, USA
The University of Wisconsin-Madison offers both MS and PhD degrees in Population Health. The degree program is designed to provide rigorous disciplinary training and to develop the essential ability to recognize, integrate and synthesize knowledge and skills across a broad range of disciplines important in population health research and policy.
For more details about the program please visit:
http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/grad/index-home.htm
http://www.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin: Madison, PhD in Population Health, Specialization in Health Economics
University: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department: Population Health Sciences
Location: Madison, WI, USA
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a rich history of scholarship and training in health economics. Many students interested in pursuing doctoral-level studies in the field of health economics will find that the Ph.D. in Population Health offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will provide them with solid grounding in health economics via elective area coursework and concentrated dissertation research, as well as general multidisciplinary training in the population health sciences via core coursework.
For more details about the program please visit:
http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/grad/index-home.htm
http://www.wisc.edu
University of York: MSc in Health Economics
University: University of York
Department: Centre for Health Economics
Location: York, United Kingdom
The MSc in Health Economics has been running since 1978 and the course has been completed by over 300 British and overseas students. It provides a comprehensive training in the theory and practice of Health Economics and gives students the experience and skills needed for research and health service decision-making. Graduates work in government departments, research units, universities, national health services and health care organisations, and the pharmaceutical industry.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training.htm
http://www.york.ac.uk
Yale University: Health Management Program
University: Yale University
Department: School of Public Health
Location: New Haven, CT, USA
The Health Management Program (HMP) is a two-year program within Health Policy & Administration leading to an MPH degree. The HMP curriculum is unique in that it combines courses at the Yale School of Management with courses at the School of Public Health. The mission of the Health Management Program is to educate outstanding decision makers who can influence and direct the delivery of health care through their leadership of organizations committed to enhancing the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of heath care services.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/
http://www.yale.edu
Yale University: Master of Public Health
University: Yale University
Department: School of Public Health
Location: New Haven, CT, USA
The goal of the program in the division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) is to develop outstanding decision makers, critical thinkers, and future leaders in both the public and private sectors of the health system. Graduates are employed in a variety of health care delivery settings (e.g., hospitals, managed care organizations, public health departments, consulting and pharmaceutical companies, as well as federal, state, and local government agencies). Students enrolled in the Masters program within Health Policy and Administration choose one of two tracks: Health Management or Health Policy
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/
http://www.yale.edu
Yale University: PhD in Health Policy and Administration
University: Yale University
Department: School of Public Health
Location: New Haven, CT, USA
HPA doctoral students specialize in either epidemiology or health economics. Students usually complete the degree in four years. Courses are taken in four general content areas: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Economics/Finance, and Research/Policy as well as in an area of specialization such as mental health services research, decision analysis or health policy. Students are encouraged to become members of the many faculty-directed research projects in order to develop their research skills.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/
http://www.yale.edu
Institute for Health Economics, Sweden: Commissioned Courses
Organization: Institute for Health Economics, Sweden
Location: Lund, Sweden
Since 1990, IHE has been conducting seminars on health economics for Sweden's formulary committees. At first these seminars were commissioned by Apoteket AB (the National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies); later the Federation of County Councils took over this function. The chief purpose of these seminars has been to improve participants ability to evaluate health-economic information - contained in, for example, published studies - by imparting fundamental knowledge to them. The seminars have been arranged as 24-hour residential courses (lunch to lunch) comprising the following elements: health-economic methods and examples; real-life cases with a bearing on health-economic evaluation in various therapeutic areas; economic connection with a decentralisation of responsibility for costs; and current changes in the pharmaceutical field.
From 2000 onwards, the Federation of County Councils no longer finances IHE's participation in these seminars, claiming that the committees now possess enough funds to pay for this activity themselves. IHE feels that it is essential for the committee's health-economic knowledge to be kept up to date and hence offers continued education based on the committee's own financial means, as well as on its wishes with regard to seminar form, content, target groups, etc. IHE is able to supply practical experience of cases covering particular areas (for instance new therapies such Plavix, Risperdal/Zyprexa, Cox 2- inhibitors) or constituting themes (for example cancer/diabetes and health economics); health-economic methods and examples as independent issues or integrated in various real-life cases; and experiences with generic substitution, economic control, and decision-making support when responsibility for the costs of drugs has been decentralised.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.ihe.se/english/commissioned.htm
http://www.ihe.se
Chulalongkorn University: Microeconomics for Health Applications
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: June 7 - July 2, 2004
The course is designed to prepare a non-economist to apply microeconomic theories to health systems. The topic will include theory of consumer or petients behaviour and theory of producer or health care provider, health care markets, uncertainty and health insurance.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University: Macroeconomics for Health Applications
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: July 5 - July 30, 2004
This course is also designed for a non-economist to understand national economic system, of which health is becoming a major part. The course will cover the major macroeconomic tools and indices that will have impact on health or can be affected by health.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University: Health Care Finance
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: August 2 - August 27, 2004
This course aims at enabling participants to analyse recent efforts of developing countries to finance and organise health care. The practical objective is to apply methods of economic and policy analysis to health care financing in the context of socioeconomic development.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University: Statistics for Health Economics
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: August 30 - September 24, 2004
The course focuses on the statistical tools necessary for the analysis of the health care system from the statistical or survey data. More emphasis will be put on empirical applications using microcomputer. The course will cover from simple regression analysis to time series data analysis.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University: Economic Evaluation of Health Care Services
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: October 4 - October 29, 2004
This course aims at exploring the nature, purpose and limitations of economic analysis and evaluation; public and private perspectives; measurement and valuation; and analysis of costs, performance and effectiveness; evaluation of cost-effectiveness, inequality and equity.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University: Health Care Planning
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: November 1 - November 26, 2004
This course deals with techniques, issues and approaches to health care planning in the context of limited resources, at national and district levels. Participants will be required to identity information necessary for health care planning and policy making. Particular issues, such as efficiency and equity, will be addressed.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University Organization Management and Decision Making in the Health Sector
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: November 29 - December 24, 2004
This course is directed to the analysis and decision making in health care organisations in the private and public sectors, and to examine the decision making processes required to formulate strategic plans for their development. Attention will be given to assessment of strengths and weaknesses of modelling in relation to particular types of decisions.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm
Chulalongkorn University: Health Economics Research Methods
University: Chulalongkorn University
Department: Center for Health Economics
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: December 27, 2004 - January 21, 2005
This course covers the key principles of health economics research, including the roles of questions, hypotheses and theories in the research process, with critical review of research design and methodology. This will lead to the ability to prepare a research proposal, including strategies for data management, analysis and communication of results.
For more details about the program, please visit:
http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/chealth/index.htm