Public Health Economics Certificate Program
OVERVIEW
The certificate program in Public Health Economics is designed for graduate degree students and junior and mid-level professionals pursuing a career in public health, health care, health services, and health policy who wish to use economic tools to improve the health of populations. This certificate program is only available to students who are able to attend classes in Baltimore; it cannot be completed through online and institute courses.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students who complete the certificate program will be able to:
- Describe the appropriate role of cost-effectiveness and economic reasoning in the policy making process for health care in the United States and around the world
- Participate in the conduct of economic evaluations related to new health interventions, and health systems, health services, or public health interventions
- Perform statistical and other analytic or modeling tasks necessary to complete cost effectiveness analyses
- Apply economic theory to predict responses to changes in policies and incentives provided by changes in the health system, in health services provision, or in public health
- Contribute to the interpretation of economic evaluations and analyses for policy purposes
Admissions
Contact information and complete certificate program admissions information is available on the certificate program page on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website.
Sponsoring Departments
Health Policy and Management
International Health
Population, Family and Reproductive Health

