It provides a comprehensive training in the theory and practice of Health Economics and gives students the experience and skills needed for research and health service decision-making. Graduates work in government departments, research units, universities, national health services and health care organisations, and the pharmaceutical industry. The principle aim of the resource centre is to provide readily available facilities for private study and research, forming a base for students attending the MSc in Health Economics and for the group of doctoral students in health economics. Please visit the HERC web pages for more information.
Students work alongside a large group of health economists and health service researchers.
The Department of Economics and Related Studies and the Institute for Research in Social Sciences are internationally recognised centres of excellence in Health Economics. There are around 50 research staff in the Centre for Health Economics and the York Health Economics Consortium . The MSc normally lasts for 12 months full time. Students may be allowed to take one or more of their optional units from the following courses in environmental economics offered by the Environment Department. Students wishing to do so must first ask their M.Sc.