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Public Health Economics Certificate Program


Sponsoring Departments: 
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Health Policy & Management

International Health


Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of the core courses in the Public Health Economics Certificate Program, students will gain:

  1) General Knowledge in Public Health Economics 
  2) Problem Identification and Evaluation 
  3) Economic Evaluation
  4) Communication and Translation


Intended Audience:
The intended students for this certificate are students with an interest in public health economics in any graduate level program. Besides the Bloomberg School of Public Health, this certificate will be attractive to students from the medical school, nursing school, and the economics department in the School of Arts and Sciences. The certificate will interest public health professionals who are just beginning their career as well as mid-career professionals. Doctoral and masters level graduate students in Bloomberg will be eligible as well as medical students, nursing students and PhD student at the school of medicine as long as they are enrolled as special students for the certificate.


Admissions Criteria
This certificate program requires a student to be either admitted to a Johns Hopkins University degree program or hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Students not matriculated in School of Public Health must apply and be admitted as special student regular. The student will apply formally for the certificate and would be encouraged to do so in September of each year. They would not be allowed to apply any later than the first week of the term in which the final course leading to the certificate is offered. This application will include a recent copy of the student’s transcript and a general information form provided by the Public Health Economics certificate program. Public Health Economics faculty meetings with a minimum quorum of 3 will evaluate and vote on applications of students to the certificate.


Course of Study
Student are required to take the following courses:

140.651 Methods in Biostatistics 1 OR
140.621 Statistical Methods in Public Health 1 (4 credits-1st term)
140.652 Methods in Biostatistics 2 OR
140.622 Statistical Methods in Public Health 2 (4 credits-2nd term)
140.653 Methods in Biostatistics 3 OR
140.623 Statistical Methods in Public Health 3 (4 credits-3rd term)
140.654 Methods in Biostatistics 4 OR
140.624 Statistical Methods in Public Health 4 (4 credits-4th term)
313.642 Introduction to Microeconomics (1 credit-1st term)
313.641 Health Economics II- Applications (3 credits-2nd term)
313.630 Concepts and Application in Economic Evaluation 1 (3 credits-2nd term)
313.631 Concepts and Application in Economic Evaluation 2 (3 credits-4th term)
313.861 Public Health Economics Seminar (Must take 1 credit) (Offered 1-4 terms)

Students must choose 4 credits from the following elective courses, in consultation with their certificate advisor:


309.620 Managed Care & Health Insurance (3 credits-3rd term)
221.609 Comparative Health Systems (4 credits-4th term)
380.756 Poverty, Economic Development and Health (4 credits-3rd term)
380.658 Economics of Gender and Family (2 credits-4th term)
330.606 Economics of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (3 credits-4th term)
313.790 Understanding Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care (2 credits-2nd term)


Requirements for Successful Completion

The Public Health Economics Certificate requires 33 total credits. The curriculum consists of 4 courses (16 credits) in biostatistics, 5 required courses (13 credits) in health economics and between 1-3 additional elective courses in health economics to supply an additional 4 credits. All certificate courses must be taken for a grade and passed with a grade of C or better.


  Faculty Sponsor
  David Bishai

  410-955-7807

  dbishai@jhsph.edu


  Faculty Co-Sponsor
  Kevin Frick

  410-614-4018

  kfrick@jhsph.edu


  Administrative Contact
  David Bishai

  410-955-7807

  dbishai@jhsph.edu


  

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