Health Economics, Policy and Management

Knowledge of health economics, policy and management is in demand all over the world, on local and national levels. Internship and exchange throughout the study programme will further give you opportunities to develop networks in Norway and abroad. Choose between a specialization or the General programme which combines all three fields: Health Management, Health Economics and Economic Evaluation.

HEPMA offers specializations which will give you first hand knowledge in the following fields:

• Health economics
• Health management
• Economic evaluation

In addition to the specialization courses the HEPMA offers a broad range of elective courses and seminars.

The research at the Department is highly relevant and is much used in national and international decision-making processes.

• Economic analyses of health policies
• Effects of economic incentives
• Determinants of hospital efficiency
• Factors behind the demand for health services
• Labour markets for health personnel

• The organization, management and politics of health care
• Clinical leadership and management
• Quality of health care
• Historical and ethical topics
• Changes in leadership and organizational culture

• Methods to assess the cost-effectiveness of treatments, procedures, diagnostics, screening practices, healthcare delivery routes and technologies.
• Use of QALYs in the assessment of effectiveness
• Application of the methods to a range of diseases such as cancer (e.g. breast, colorectal, lung), cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, orphan diseases and rheumatic disease.

During your studies you will get the opportunity to work for relevant institutions within the healthcare sector. This will give you the chance to develop professional networks in Norway. Students do an internship with an organisation for 21 days.

Are you academically ambitious? It is possible to supplement your master`s degree with an honors certificate worth 20 ECTS. You complete the certificate concurrently with the master`s programme.

A semester in a leading university abroad will broaden your knowledge on the healthcare sector of a European country. The following agreements allow you to access teaching activities and earn credits from graduate programmes at our partner universities.

• University of Hamburg
• Technische Universität Berlin
• University of Melbourne
• Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Management Center Innsbruck
• Università di Bologna
• University of California Berkeley

Knowledge of health economics, policy and management is in demand all over the world, on local and national levels. Internship and exchange throughout the study programme will further give you opportunities to develop networks in Norway and abroad.

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All students at the Faculty of Medicine have the opportunity to apply for financial support for various types of activities through the fund "Funds for student-directed measures".

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Studieprogrammet har disse studieretningene:

• Health Economics and Policy
• Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
• Management of Healthcare Institutions