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 principles of economics, outcomes research, decision science and health technology assessment 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 want to be better prepared to inform resource allocation, coverage and policy decisions.

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What you'll learn

• Key principles of health economics and outcomes research
• Important features of markets for health care and health insurance
• State-of-the-art decision science methods for evaluating the cost effectiveness of health technologies, such as drugs, diagnostics and devices
• International variation in health systems and global approaches to health technology assessement
• The variety of coverage and payment policies intended to address access, pricing and reimbursement of health technologies

Get Hands-on Experience

You'll complete a group capstone project to assess a health system and the landscape of health technology assessment processes in a specific country.

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