This course is available to domestic students only

Overview

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of health economics.
• Develop practical skills to analyse economic data and evaluate healthcare interventions.
• Prepare for leadership roles in resource allocation, policy, and management.

The Graduate Certificate of Health Economics and Economic Evaluation will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the important role economics plays within health and healthcare. You'll learn both the theoretical ideas and practical ways economics is used in this field.

As a graduate of this course, you'll have valuable skills to find, understand, and assess economic evidence, and then use that evidence to help maximise health outcomes and make fair decisions in healthcare. You'll also learn to do basic economic data analysis and economic evaluations of healthcare interventions using individual patient data and decision models. This course will help you become a leader in how resources are managed, including in public health, healthcare management, and policy making.

Graduate Certificate of Health Economics and Economic Evaluation careers

You will graduate with a range of varied career options across numerous settings where economic understanding is crucial for health, including:

• Health economist
• Public health and healthcare manager
• Policy or Program officer
• Research or data analyst
• Consultant
• Positions in Market Access, Pricing and Reimbursement, and Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

Employers seeking these valuable skills include:

• Local, state/territory, and federal governments and governmental agencies
• Research and academic institutions
• Healthcare service providers (e.g., Primary Health Networks, costing units within hospitals)
• Pharmaceutical and Medical devices companies
• Consultancy companies
• Health insurance companies
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Further study

The subjects you complete within this Graduate Certificate can be fully credited towards the world-renowned University of Melbourne Master of Public Health Degree. This means that upon completion of your Graduate Certificate, you'll be perfectly positioned to continue your studies to undertake the Master of Public Health (MPH), allowing you to deepen your expertise and expand your impact in public health.