The goal of this Area of Emphasis is to train health economists who will out-compete PhDs from the top economics departments for all jobs except those in economics departments. The curriculum includes a broad menu of health economics related courses in addition to the multidisciplinary core courses.
| Health Economics |
| Prerequisites |
| Calculus and micro-economics |
| Required Core Policy Course |
| PubH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory (3) (Fall) |
| Area of Emphasis Required Coursework |
| PubH 6832 - Economics of the Health Care System (3) (Fall) |
| PubH 8821 - Health Economics II (3) (Spring offered alternating years) |
| Econ 8001-2-3-4 - Microeconomic Analysis (8) |
Supporting Program (must total minimum 12 credits)
Choose two methods courses from the selection below. |
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ApEc 8211-12 - Economic Analysis (4)
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| Econ 8205-6-7-8 - Applied Econometrics (4) |
| HRIR 8811 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in HRIR (2-4) |
| Econ 8117-8 - Non-cooperative Game Theory (4) |
| ApEc 8202 - Mathematical Optimization in Applied Economics (3) |
| ApEc 8205 - Applied Game Theory (3) |
| ApEc 8991 - Dynamic Optimization (3) |
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Additional Supporting Program Options
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| Econ 8xxx - Graduate Courses in Economics (3) |
| ApEc 8xxx - Graduate Field courses in Applied Economics (3) |
| PubH 6862 - Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care (3) |
Total Course Credits: 56-57
(Includes core and Area of Emphasis) |
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Prelim Exams: Methods and the Econ Area exams (2): a 5 hour classroom format exam AND the micro economics exam for econ minors (in the econ department)
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Econ Faculty: Roger Feldman, John Nyman, Bob Town, Jean Abraham, Jon Christianson, Jeff McCullough, Pinar Karaca-Mandic
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Last modified on Tuesday Sep 19, 2006