Who is it for?

This Economic Evaluation in Health Care course offered by City, University of London is designed for anyone with a quantitative background interested in developing a career as a health economist working for the public or private sector. Typical backgrounds of students comprise medical sciences, economics, pharmacy, biology and other.

This course will enable you to change the direction of your professional career towards health economics.

Objectives

The aim of this course is to develop youÕre your analytical and modeling abilities, as well as to provide you with the background and theoretical foundations of health economics. This course will provide you with the experience and the skills you need to work as a health economists in a pharmaceutical company; and in private or public of institutions.

Career prospects

This MSc prepares you for career opportunities in economic consultancies, think-tanks, the pharmaceutical industry, professional associations, governmental bodies and non-governmental organisations and teaching and research positions in academic institutions.

Examples: Abacus International, NICE, Optum, IMS Health, Research International, NHS, Kovis, Eli-Lilly, OHE, United Nations, Fidelity, Oxford Outcomes, Gallaher, Johnson&Johnson, Novo Nordisk, Synovate, Tomtah, as well as PhDs at UCL, York, City, University of London and Warwick.