Health Economics, Policy and Management (master's two years)
- Credits:
- 120
- Duration:
- 2 years
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.
Specialisations
Career opportunities
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Improving the health services the citizens depend on
– My job is quite varied. I handle everything from responding to simple inquiries from individuals to conducting more extensive research work aimed at finding optimal solutions for our health services. This involves assessing benefits against costs, considering the legal framework, and political feasibility, says Steinar Riksaasen.
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Working with large datasets as a PhD student
Eduardo Alberto Ramirez Lizardi's research focuses on analyzing how parents' health impacts their adult children's labour market outcomes. – In my research, I use data from Norwegian health registries and econometric tools to answer this question.
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A career track within academia
Rachel Hasting current job is a PhD in occupational health, studying the effects of a national intervention on health-related outcomes such as sickness absence and work disability.
Internship
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Internship at Folkehelseinstituttet, Division of Climate and Health with EU project - ENBEL
– I wanted to experience working in an EU project, and meet other researchers in the health sector and expand my network, says Susan Sitoula.
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Internship at Folkehelseinstituttet with an EU project - EXHAUSTION
Meizhu Chen had her internship at FHI, under the Division of Climate and Health. Meizhu works on quantitative research in the scope of an EU project—EXHAUSTION.
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Internship at the Norwegian Directorate of Health on EUs international health projects
During their internship at the Norwegian Directorate of Health master's students Niccolò Morgante and Pietro Falco are working on the EU4Health programme.