Health Economic Evaluation - PHCMTS9054
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Contact: postgrad-sphcm@unsw.edu.au
Program: 9054 - IntlPubHlth/PubHlth(Extn)
Award(s):
Master of Public Health (Extension) (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
The Master of Public Health in Health Economic Evaluation stream provides students with knowledge and skills in the principles of the economic evaluation of healthcare programs. Health economic evaluation provides an important tool to help decision makers obtain value for money in healthcare spending choices.
The stream is aimed at public health students and professionals interested in learning the skills required to apply and/or understand health economic evaluations in their future careers and those wishing to begin the transition to a career in heath economics in the healthcare sector.
The Health Economic Evaluation stream is available to students enrolled in both the 9045 Master of Public Health program and the 9047 Master of Public Health Program / Master of Health Management dual program.
Students must complete 48 units of credit as follows:
Stream Structure
PLUS
B. The following courses (12 units of credit):
C. Two courses (12 units of credit) from recommended Health Economic Evaluation-related electives, including:
- PHCM9082 Advanced HE & FM (6 UOC)
- PHCM9132 Applied Research Methods: PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9381 Policy Studies (6 UOC)
- PHCM9443 Htl Econ & Fin for Dev. Count. (6 UOC)
- PHCM9471 Comparative H'lth Care Systems (6 UOC)
- PHCM9517 Advanced Biostatistics (6 UOC)
- PHCM9518 Advanced Epidemiology (6 UOC)
- PHCM9785 Predictive modelling in PH (6 UOC)
D. One more elective from any of the (6 units of credit) courses offered by the SPHCM; Internship or a project in a Health Economic Evaluation-related topic:
- PHCM9143 Internship (6 UOC)
- PHCM9148 Project (6 uoc) (6 UOC)