Why choose this programme?
The Master’s Degree Programme in Health Economics, Policy, and Management (HEPAM) is a multidisciplinary programme that gives you the opportunity to specialize in three highly relevant fields for the national and international health care sector: Health economics, Health management and Economic evaluation.
Specializations
HEPAM offers specializations which will give you first hand knowledge in the following fields:
In addition to the specialization courses the HEPAM offers a broad range of elective courses and seminars.
Research
The research at the Department is highly relevant and is much used in national and international decision-making processes.
Research in health economics focuses on:
- 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 health management research field focuses on
- 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
Research in economic evaluation involves:
- 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
A semester abroad
A semester in a leading university abroad will broaden your knowledge on the health care sector in European countries. The following agreements allow you to access teaching activities and earn credits from graduate programs at our partner universities.
- Management Center, Innsbruck
- Erasmus University of Rotterdam
- University of Bologna
- Technische Universität Berlin
Career opportunities
Your knowledge of health economics, policy and management is requested 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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