PGDip Health Economics for Health Care Professionals (distance learning)

University of York

Postgraduate

Distance

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

This course aims to build on the skills you develop during the PGCert Health Economics for Health Care Professionals.

Mounting pressure on healthcare budgets worldwide has focused attention on how best to organise health care systems and the spending within them. The University of York distance learning courses in health economics allow you to gain a qualification without interrupting your career, and offer the flexibility to spread study over a period of years to suit your professional and personal circumstances.

Using the knowledge you have gained in our PGCert in Health Economics for Health Care Professionals, you will deepen your knowledge of health economics.

About this course

Transferable skills
Integration of new knowledge with existing professional background.
Application of appropriate mathematical, graphical and data analysis techniques to apply to a wide range of work-based problems.

The learning objectives aim to equip you with the necessary skills in health economics to progress your career within your current organisation and/or to change career direction, targeting jobs which combine health economics with the disciplines in which you are already qualified.

Postgraduate degree
PGCert Health Economics for Health Care Professionals with an average of 56% or more in the Health Economics: Concepts and Analysis and Introduction to Health Care Evaluation modules.

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Subjects

  • Economics
  • Systems
  • Health Economics
  • Analysis
  • Economic
  • Health technologies
  • Methods
  • Statistics
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Development

Course programme

Course content

In this course, you'll complete three modules to the value of 20 credits each. These will be combined with the modules you completed for your PGCert Health Economics for Health Care Professionals to make the 120 credits that you need to obtain the PGDip qualification. The PGDip will help you to develop your understanding and analytical skills in a range of areas which were studied at Postgraduate Certificate level including:
  • application of microeconomics and health economics to the analysis of health care systems
  • the role of experimental and observational study designs in the analysis of health economic data sets
  • a range of advanced methods to apply to the economic evaluation of health technologies
Modules

You'll study three 20 credit modules.
  • The Economics of Health Care Systems (20 credits)
  • Statistics for Health Economics (20 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Economic Evaluation (20 credits)

Additional information

Tuition fees for 2021/22
Part-time, distance learning (2 years)- £7,380
Part-time, distance learning (2 years) - £6,750

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PGDip Health Economics for Health Care Professionals (distance learning)

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