Ph.D. Programs in Health Economics

Johns Hopkins University

• Inside Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health is the Department of Health Policy and Management. Students enrolled in the Ph.D. program in health economics and policy at Johns Hopkins conduct theoretical and empirical research on issues "ranging from the managerial efficiency of health care providers to the implications of alternative arrangements of financing health services," according to the university's website. The program focuses on the policy implications of the public health and health economics topics under study. It offers a real opportunity to specialize, given the wide range of disciplines the faculty has expertise in. These areas include the social sciences, health law and ethics, political science, and policy analysis.

  Johns Hopkins University
  Department of Health Policy and Management
  624 N. Broadway, Room 493
  Baltimore, MD 21205
  (410) 955-3625
  http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/hpm/

University of New Hampshire

• The Department of Economics at the University of New Hampshire is part of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. According to the University's website, economics faculty members brought in more than $1.5 million in grant money between 2005 and 2010. The health economics Ph.D. is one of three areas of concentration, in addition to international economics and environmental economics.

  University of New Hampshire
  Whittemore School of Business and Economics
  15 Academic Way, McConnell Hall
  Durham, NH 03824
  (603) 862-1367
  http://wsbe.unh.edu/ph-d-economics

Harvard University

• Harvard's Ph.D. in health policy allows for a concentration in economics. The program is a collaboration of six different Harvard faculties, including Harvard Business School, ranked the best in the nation in 2009 by "U.S. News & World Report." The economics specialization focuses on how individuals, businesses, governments, providers, and insurers impact the health care arena. The list of professors associated with the program is large and impressive, ranging from political scientists in Harvard's famous Kennedy School to world-renowned economists in the Department of Economics, which received a number one ranking as well from "U.S. News & World Report" in 2009.

  Harvard University
  Harvard Ph.D. Program in Health Policy
  14 Story St., 4th Floor
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  (617) 496-5506
  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~healthpl/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• One of the schools Harvard found itself tied with atop the 2009 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings for economics schools is MIT. Admitting just 22 students each year, MIT's doctoral program in economics was named the best in the most recent National Research Council study, according to MIT's website. The health economics area of the Ph.D. program offers the opportunity to study alongside professors with a variety of research interests, including the economics of various health issues, such as smoking, as well as the impacts of Medicare and Medicaid. Ben Bernanke, a chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, received his Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1979.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Department of Economics
  50 Memorial Dr.
  E52-391
  Cambridge, MA 02142
  (617) 253-1000
  http://econ-www.mit.edu/contact/