Master of Health Economics, Management and Policy (Global)

Become a global leader and transform the health sector care systems. This program responds to the growing transformations of global healthcare sectors. It will foster new skills for those already employed within the health sector, and prepare those yet to enter.

• Learn directly from international leaders and industry experts. Gain knowledge and strategies to design, pitch and implement evidence-based solutions. Bring about transformative systems and organisational change through leadership and management roles.
• Developed by industry leaders, this program places you at the forefront of the unprecedented transformation in healthcare. It will give you the skills to govern and lead change among national and international stakeholders to improve healthcare outcomes.
• Study at a time and pace that works for you, with our flexible and online learning options. Become an expert in the health sector, and lead change.

Career opportunities
Career opportunities in healthcare span the globe. Work in health economics, policy or research.

The skills and knowledge you will gain in this program underpin many senior roles including:

• Chief Health Economics/Policy Officer
• Health Policy/Systems Analyst
• Health Economics and Outcome Research Analyst
• Market Access and Government Affairs
• Health Program and Services Manager/Director
• Health Economics/Policy/Services Researcher.

What you will study

• You will benefit from a customisable course structure that includes core healthcare business subjects.  Select elective subjects that align with your professional interests in analytics and digital health, economics and policy evaluation, management and leadership, or applied research/practice in health economics, management and policy.

The Master of Health Economics, Management and Policy focuses on advancing your knowledge of:

• Health economics, management and policy
• Complex problem-solving
• Stakeholder communication and decision-making
• Health Leadership
• Cross-cultural management
• Data Analytics
• Public policy and health organisation
• Global health

Core Courses
Complete the following core courses to fulfil the requirements of this program.

• GSBS6003 Globalisation
• GSBS6004 Organisational Behaviour and Design
• GSBS6380 Health Economics and Finance
• GSBS6381 Health Plan Design and Payments: Theory and Practice
• GSBS6382 Applied Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
• GSBS6383 Health Systems, Policy and Governance
• GSBS6384 Strategic Health Leadership and Management
• GSBS6385 Financial Management and Decision Making in Healthcare

Course List
Complete 80 units from the course list.

• GMBA6005 Twenty First Century Marketing Management
• GMBA6006 Global Financial Management
• GSBS6009 Cross-Cultural Management
• GSBS6040 Human Resource Management
• GSBS6386 Healthcare Data Analytics
• GSBS6387 Research Thesis in Health Economics, Management and Policy
• INFT6201 Big Data
• LAWS6090 Health Law
• PACC6008 Business Decision Making
• PSYC6140 Leadership and Organisational Change
• PUBH6304 Global Health
• PUBH6305 Global Health Systems and Policy
• SOCA6640 Social Science Research Methods
• STAT6001 Data Wrangling and Visualisation
• STAT6020 Predictive Analytics
• STAT6160 Data Analytics for Business Intelligence
• STAT6170 The Science of Data Interrogation