About this Program

Health care systems around the world struggle with how to deploy and manage health care resources to best improve patients’ health. Health care organizations, insurance companies, health ministries and governments increasingly rely on experts with formal training in health economics and outcomes research to guide decisions about investment of health care resources. In this three-course certificate program, you’ll learn how to use these principles to address problems of resource allocation and improve decision-making in complex health care settings.

Designed For

Professionals in the health care or medical technology industries who are interested in learning about health economics to improve the effectiveness of health care systems.

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What you'll learn

• Key principles of health economics and outcomes research
• Different types of health care markets and systems approaches
• State-of-the-art methods for evaluating the costs and comparative effectiveness of medical technologies such as drugs and devices
• The variety of coverage and payment policies intended to address access, pricing and reimbursement of medical technologies

Get Hands-on Experience

You'll complete a group capstone project to assess a health care system and health care technology process in a specific country.

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