Health Care Management
The Ph.D. in Health Care Systems
BUonline's doctoral program in health care systems is designed to produce Ph.D. researchers who are trained
in rigorous theory and empirical methods, who are able to work and contribute to multidisciplinary research while
interacting in a team setting and who are familiar with the on-going changes in health care structures.
The program combines intensive graduate level training in health care systems and health services research with
advanced training in a traditional business discipline. The rationale is that such a combination will be most conducive
to participation in the kind of interdisciplinary research needed for adequate analysis of the health care sector's
problems and behavior.
Flexibly structured to respond to each student's goals and research interests, the program prepares students
for careers in teaching, government or research in private industry. In addition, the program curriculum provides
ideal training for physicians, future physicians and other clinically trained professionals who are interested
in research careers in health services analysis.
Concentrations
In addition to health care systems administration, candidates can select courses from Economics, Information
Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Public Policy and Management.
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Requirements
Entering students must demonstrate competence in mathematics either by passing a waiver examination administered
by the University or by passing ECO8897, a non-credit course in mathematical analysis for economists, prior to
the beginning of the program.
Core Requirements
Candidates are required to complete the following course program
before sitting for the health care systems qualifying examination:
- STA5500 Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance
- STA5501 Introduction to Non-parametric Methods and Log-linear Models
- ECO7701 Microeconomic Theory I
- ECO7703 Microeconomic Theory II
- HCM8843 Health Care Operations Management
- HCM8844 Economics of Health Care and Policy
- HCM8850 Health Policy: Planning and Analysis
- ISY6652 Advanced Management Science: Models and Applications.
- HCM9900 Seminar in Health Services Research
Admission to Candidacy
Admission to candidacy in the health care systems major is contingent on completing the following:
- All core requirements as set out above.
- Passing the qualification health care systems Major examination.
- Completion and approval of dissertation proposal program of Study
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Program of Study
The Ph.D. in health care systems requires a minimum of twenty graduate level courses, of which eight at most
can be transferred from relevant graduate courses at other schools or universities. The course requirements are
as follows:
| Discipline |
Courses |
| health care systems |
8
|
| Economics |
2
|
| Statistics |
2
|
| Concentration |
8
|
| Dissertation |
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|
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Course Descriptions
Course List
HCM8843 Health Care Operations Management
HCM8844 Economics of Health Care and Policy
HCM8845 Financing Personal Health Services
HCM8849 Financial Management of Health Institutions
HCM8850 Health Policy: Planning and Analysis
HCM8851 Policy and Planning Models in Health
HCM8854 Legal Aspects of Health Care
HCM8855 Management of Health Care for the Elderly
HCM8858 Health Care Marketing
HCM8859 Comparative Health Care Systems
HCM8863 Management and Economics: The Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Enterprise
HCM8864 Collaborative Structures in Health Care Delivery
HCM9900 Seminar in Health Services Research
HCM9901 Seminar in Health Care Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis
HCM9902 Special Topics in Health Services Research
HCM903 The Economics of Health Care and Policy
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Assistantships in Health Care Systems
Students admitted to the Ph.D. program typically receive a fellowship providing tuition and a stipend. These
students participate in the teaching and research activities of the Business Administration program.
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