Health Economics & Policy

Postgraduate Diploma

Master of Science

Postgraduate Certificate

Postgraduate Diploma, Master of Science, Postgraduate Certificate

Core

Compulsory

Elective

Taught modules

Core Elective

Dissertation component

Stage 4

Programme Structure

The demand for specialists in health economics continues to increase as the demand for more advanced and expensive health care puts pressure on policy decision makers and health care industry managers. The MSc in Health Economics and Policy is designed to meet this demand by introducing you to the way in which microeconomics principles and concepts can be applied to the analysis of decisions by consumers, firms and governments regarding health and health care; to provide you with an understanding of the economic context within which economic evaluation takes place; to familiarise you with key economic issues confronting health systems; and, to provide you with tools and methods to analyse the economic causes and implications of health care issues.
Graduates will develop an ability to critically analyses core issues within health policy, resource allocation and planning. The program targets the national and international health policy sector for both developed and developing countries. The program’s recruitment pool is open to most cognate fields and allows students to specialize according to their interests. The MSc in Health Economics and Policy will start by building foundations in the principles of health economics with core economic topics in microeconomics and regulatory economics, econometrics, and economic evaluation applied to the analysis of health care issues. It will then allow for elective study, through a choice of taught options as well as through reading and research for a supervised dissertation.

Apply principles and methods of economic evaluation.

Knowledge

Evaluate and employ a range of theoretical models and quantitative methods to undertake health economics and policy analysis.  

Skills

Design, analyse and interpret economic evaluation research.  

Conduct positive analysis without normative bias. 

Values and attitudes

Correctly reference the work of other people to avoid plagiarism. 

Define and critically discuss the main objectives of and challenges within health policy. 

Conduct independent research and prepare and deliver individual research projects. 

Communicate and interact with other members of a team. 

Apply principles of economics to health and health care.  

Critically assess and evaluate advanced quantitative methods applied in health economics and economic evaluation. 

Critically appraise quantitative health economics and policy research.  

Critically evaluate the socio-economic factors influencing health policy and government intervention.  

Show consideration for the rules and regulations of City St George’s. 

Effectively employ econometric software and data analysis tools to empirically test and interpret empirical models. 

Show respect and critical appreciation for different points of view.   

PSHEEP - Health Economics & Policy

Lectures/seminars in small groups, which are highly interactive and include group work, exercises, weekly study questions and set readings. Also guest lectures by invited expert speakers from NHS, industry and policy bodies, as well as academics. As well as academic source material, you are directed to refer to the web and professional publications. The workshop module is used for modelling and problem-solving. 
You will be assigned a supervisor to assist them with undertaking a piece of independent research on an approved topic. The piece of independent research will be either a dissertation worth 40 credits or a literature review worth 20 credits.

Curriculum Catalogue

Health Economics & Policy - MSc

PSHEEP