Application code: You should apply through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. If you also wish to apply for an LSE only programme you should submit a separate application to LSE (check availability)

Start date: Late September 2009 at LSHTM

Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time

Further information: Contact Mr Paul Shanley, Deputy Registrar, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, email: registry@lshtm.ac.uk

Studying at LSE

This programme is based in the Department of Social Policy and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and offers the following benefits:

Study in a department which has achieved the highest rating in the UK (5*) for the quality of its research.
The opportunity to have close contacts with leading research centres in the field of health policy, such as LSE Health and Social Care based in the Department of Social Policy.

About the MSc programme

The MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing is one of the oldest graduate level programmes in health policy worldwide, having been offered continuously since 1986. The programme aims to develop competence and expertise in the field of health policy, planning and finance. You will develop:

an understanding of the process of policy making.
knowledge of key options in the policy, planning and financing of health services.
an ability to use disciplines required in formulating, implementing and evaluating health policies and plans.
an understanding of the diversity of international health policies.

You must take courses to the value of four units overall, one of which includes a 6,000 word long essay.

NB: Potential applicants are strongly advised to check the relevant web-pages of both LSE and LSHTM as these will always contain the most up to date version of the MSc programme regulations and structure.

Compulsory courses

(* half unit)

Foundations of Health Policy with long essay* (LSE)
Financing Health Care* (LSE)

Options

Choose courses to the value of two units from a selection of LSE and LSHTM options in the following areas:

US Health Policies*
Health Economics
Health Policy and Management
Epidemiology and Health Trends
Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Policies*
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policies in Developing Countries*
Healthcare Information Systems*

Choose additional courses to the value of one unit from LSE and LSHTM options, subject to availability and approval by the course directors.

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