MPH students encouraged to sign-up for PH857: Health Economics and Financial Management for Public Health

in Fellowships
April 9th, 2012

Fall 2012 PH857 A1 Health Economics & Financial Management for Public Health

With Lora Sabin 4 Credits Tuesdays 2-4:45pm

This course is an applied, practitioner-oriented survey of major topics in health economics and the financial management of public health organizations and programs. It will provide students with a brief introduction to the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of health economics and financial management, but the focus will be on practical application to health care market issues, resource allocation policy problems, financial and managerial accounting, performance measurement, and economic evaluation of public health programs.

If you are interested in this course, please contact Lora Sabin at lsabin@bu.edu