Applied Health Economics Courses Online

Populations are aging and overcrowded; people are living longer and have longer-term health management needs. More complex research, development, and diagnostic capabilities are leading to higher healthcare costs, healthcare budgets are stretched globally so that applied health economics is now foundational and integral to healthcare decision making at every level. Its principles, methods, and related processes are now applied internationally to varying degrees across public, private, and mixed healthcare systems and to decisions relating to drugs, devices, treatment pathways, and preventative health strategies.

Our health economics distance learning courses will enable healthcare professionals to be well equipped to elicit the maximum value from finite budgets. They will help students understand why applied health economics has and should become integral to healthcare decision-making. Our health economics courses are perfect for busy healthcare professionals as they can be completed in your own time around your busy schedule.

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Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Health Economics

Our 1 year online Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Health Economics addresses the disparity between national and sub-national decision-making and between different sub-national regions or institutions. The programme aims to standardise processes and give practitioners the ability to apply the same principles to their individual decision-making. This health economics diploma will enable healthcare and healthcare management professionals to be well equipped to elicit the maximum value from finite budgets.

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Postgraduate Diploma

MSc in Applied Health Economics

Our 2 year online Applied Health Economics MSc addresses the disparity between national and sub-national decision-making and between different sub-national regions or institutions. It aims to standardise processes and give practitioners the ability to apply the same principles to their decision-making. In the second year, students will undertake a professional research project of their choice, enabling them to develop critical research and analysis skills, and potentially have research published in credible academic journals.

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MSc