Health Policy Analysis Specialization

The Health Policy Analysis specialization prepares you to develop and evaluate strategies to improve the efficiency of the healthcare delivery system.

 

As a policy analyst, you may work in a government agency responsible for regulating and financing health services, or for an organization that provides healthcare services, a nonprofit service organization, a professional association, or a foundation. You might be responsible for developing and analyzing data to support policies, assessing new healthcare initiatives using cost-benefit analysis, evaluating programs, analyzing implementation, and developing formal health plans to anticipate future needs for healthcare resources.

This specialization will teach you to develop policy analysis skills, including evaluation design, descriptive and multivariate statistics, program implementation analysis, policy formation assessment, and cost-benefit analysis.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Below is an overview of the required coursework. For detailed information, view the program checksheet

DEGREE CORE COURSES

CORE-GP.1011, Statistical Methods
CORE-GP.1018, Microeconomics
CORE-GP.1020, Management and Leadership
CORE-GP.1021, Financial Management
CORE-GP.1022, Introduction to Public Policy

Recommended course

The following course is recommended for students without prior health policy and management undergraduate or graduate coursework experience and should be taken prior to HPAM-GP 2836:

HPAM-GP.1830, Introduction to Health Policy and Management

Required Courses

PADM-GP.2171, Evaluating Programs and Policies
HPAM-GP.2836, Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power
HPAM-GP.4830, Health Economics: Principles

Students must also complete 10.5 credits in either the Analytics Track or the Advocacy Track:

Analytics Track

PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.2902, Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy

Advocacy Track

PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits

Students in the Analytics Track must also complete 3 additional credits from any of the following areas:

Students in the Advocacy Track must also complete 6 additional credits from any of the following areas:

 

Topics in Health Policy

HPAM-GP.1830, Introduction to Health Policy and Management
HPAM-GP.4831, Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy

Analytic Methods

PADM-GP.2172, Advanced Empirical Methods
PADM-GP.2875, Estimating Impacts in Policy Research
PADM-GP.4147, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I
PADM-GP.4148, Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II

Policy Process and Development

PADM-GP.2109, Legal Literacy: What Public Service Leaders Need to Know About the American Legal System
PADM-GP.2138, Macroeconomics: Policy Challenges for the US & Global Economy
PADM-GP.2139, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Design
PADM-GP.2145, Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact
PADM-GP.2411, Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
URPL-GP.2415, Public Policy and Planning in New York
PADM-GP.2430, Cross-Sector Collaborations
PADM-GP.2445, Poverty, Inequality, and Policy
URPL-GP.2608, Urban Economics
PADM-GP.4116, Participatory Policymaking
URPL-GP.4632, Planning Healthy Neighborhoods

Business/Finance

PADM-GP.2140, Public Economics
HPAM-GP.4840, Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting

Management-Related Courses

PADM-GP.2112, Gender in the Workplace
PADM-GP.2170, Performance Measurement and Management
PADM-GP.2173, Operations Management
HPAM-GP.2825, Continuous Quality Improvement
PADM-GP.4137, Communications and Branding for Nonprofits
HPAM-GP.4822, Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management

Topics in Global/International/Comparative Policy

PADM-GP.2201, Institutions, Governance, and International Development
PADM-GP.2202, Politics of International Development
PADM-GP.2203, Economics of International Development
URPL-GP.2665, Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries
URPL-GP.2666, Water Sourcing and Climate Change
HPAM-GP.2852, Comparative Analysis of Health Systems

 

Authoritative curriculum information can be found exclusively in the University Bulletin. All other content, including this web-page, is for informational purposes only. You can find the curriculum for this program on this page of the Bulletin.

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