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Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics and Evaluation

Course code: 0967 + Course abbreviation: PostgradDipHlthEcEv + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time or 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This course is designed to provide students who already possess a basic degree in economics with the skills necessary to pursue a future career as academic or policy-oriented economists, as administrators in the health sector or as health-care evaluators. It introduces economists to the basic concepts of epidemiology and bioethics and trains participants in research methods by having them undertake a project during their placement at an approved institution.

Course structure

The postgraduate diploma consists of four compulsory and three elective units plus a three-month placement (normally during the summer semester). The placement must be conducted at an institution acceptable to the course coordinator at Monash University. During placement, a student is expected to complete an applied project under the direction of a supervisor. The project constitutes part of the formal assessment and must be completed by March of the year following enrolment.

(a) Students must complete four core units (24 points):

  • ECC4650 Microeconomics
  • ECC4870 Health economics
  • ECC4990 Economic evaluation of health services
  • MPH1040 Introduction to epidemiology (6 points)

(b) Students must complete four units (24 points) from the following list:

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Department of Economics
  • ECC4000 Reading unit in applied health economics
  • ECC4270 Law and economics
  • ECC4660 Macroeconomics
  • ECC4700 Restrictive trade practices
  • ECC4790 Cost-benefit analysis
  • ECC4810 Public finance
  • ECC4830 Welfare economics
  • ECC4840 Economics of industry, institution and organisation
Department of Business Law and Taxation
  • BTX9300 Health services law
Centre for Human Bioethics
  • CHB5102 Questions of life and death
  • CHB5203 Ethical issues in patient care

(c) Students must complete one industry-based learning unit:

  • ECC5710 Health industry-based learning

Students who successfully complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics and Evaluation with an average of 70% or above may consider applying for the Master of Philosophy.

Contact details

Course director

Associate Professor Anthony Harris

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