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Health Economics @ Hopkins

Interdepartmental Health Economics Program

The Interdisciplinary Health Economics Program (IHEP) is a collaboration between economics faculty between three departments at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Each of these departments offers concentrations in health economics Master’s and Doctoral level.

The Certificate in Public Health Economics

The certificate in public health economics will interest public health professionals who are just beginning their career as well as mid-career professionals. Doctoral and masters level graduate students already at Johns Hopkins University can apply. Students from outside can also enroll after applying for special student status.

The Master’s in Health Science (MHS) in Health Economics

The Johns Hopkins MHS program is for students who are interested in developing a strong foundation in the methods necessary to promote the efficient and equitable allocation of resources in the provision of preventive and curative medicine across the globe.  The MHS is available through either the Health Policy and Management Department or the International Health Department.

The Doctorate in Health Economics

The PhD in Health Economics prepares doctoral students for conducting innovative research on the economics of health and health.  PhD training in Health Economics is available through the Health Policy and Management Department or International Health Department or Population Family and Reproductive Health.

Graduate Training in Health Economics @ JohnsHopkins

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Kevin Frick, PhD, from the Department of Health Policy and Management won two Golden Apple awards for excellence in teaching.  Students chose to honor Professor Frick for excellence in distance education and in teaching mid-size class.

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Brad Herring

Bradley Herring, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management.  Brad's research focuses on a number of economic and public policy issues related to private and public health insurance. He has examined the availability of charity care to uninsured, the functioning of the individual health insurance market, the potential impact of tax credit subsidies towards reducing the number of uninsured.  Dr. Herring has more recently examined how premiums and coverage in the individual health insurance market are affected by health status and how state rating regulations affect these relationships in a project supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He has also recently examined how the use managed care in the Medicaid program has affected both physician participation and enrollee utilization in a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has recently begun a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examining the effect of rising healthcare costs on wages. Prior to arriving at Johns Hopkins in July 2007, Dr. Herring served as a Senior Economist in the White House's Council of Economic Advisers.  His comments on the Affordable Care Act appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.


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