Health Economics studies medical needs, insurance, resource allocation, health inequalities, cost-effectiveness of medicines and medical technology. It is not often the name of an independent university, but the direction of progress in Economics, Public Policy, Health Policy or Public Health.
I. What do you read mainly?
Health Economics courses of York include health care programmes, health programmes, health systems, insurance, health technology assessment, physical economics, equity and economic education. Cornell Health Care Policy also analyzes medical policy, access and sprinting with economics and demography.
What's the difference?
- Economics： (b) Wider scope; Health Economics focuses microeconomics, metrology and policy analysis on health and medicine.
- Public Health： Heavy prevention, population health; Health Economics focuses more on incentivities, Costas, efficacy, equity.
- Healthcare Management： Organization and operation; Health Economics policy bias, models and resource allocation.
III. EQUIPMENT OF STUDENTS
- Mathematics, statistics and economics are not excluded
- Concerned about the health system, insurance, drug prices and policies
- He likes to use information to support public decision-making.
IV. How to prepare for high school
Mathematics is the most important, followed by Economics, Statistics. If the target school does not have Health Economics Bachelor, it can first look at Economics / Public Policy / Health Policy and then confirm whether health economics exists, research or regulation.
V. Common career
Health Economist、HTA Analyst、Government Policy、Health Insurance、Pharma Market Access、Economic Evaluation、Consulting、Research。
