The program is within the jurisdiction of the Graduate Council and is administratively located in the School of Public Health.
Faculty members have a shared interest in health economics, politics and organizations.
Although students in the program take many of their classes from the faculty of these departments, many students also take classes from other departments and schools on campus. To give students an in-depth understanding of the health services system and the ability to view the system from social, political, and economic perspectives. To prepare students in a specialty field of economics, politics, or organizational theory. The Program integrates and applies disciplinary knowledge in economics, politics, and organizational theory to the health care system. Students receive a thorough grounding in research methods and in the application of these methods to the analysis of health policy issues.