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PhD/MPhil Health Economics

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Full time | The University of Manchester | 3 years | SEP-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

3 years

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Health Economics Health Studies

Course type

Research

Course Summary

Programme description

Our PhD/MPhil Health Economics programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Health Economics.

Our main research themes within health economics apply or develop economic methods to understand

  • incentives and provider performance;
  • equity in healthcare and geographical resource allocation;
  • workforce planning and determinants of labour supply;
  • measurement and valuation of preferences for benefits of healthcare;
  • determinants of variation in healthcare costs and benefits;
  • economic evaluation of complex cross-therapeutic interventions;
  • utilisation of routinely collected data across health and social care to value costs and benefits in economic evaluation;
  • causal analysis of complex interventions, complex needs and less-regulated (mainly diagnostic) services;
  • innovative study design to take account of complexity in intervention design and increase in emphasis on integration of health and social care.

The research covers a number of clinical areas, including for example, ageing, mental health, precision medicine and patient safety.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£4,786

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£27,000

Entry requirements

We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.