Course of study from 2022
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | Elective course | Elective course | HMET4210 – Research Design | HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation | Elective course | Elective course |
| 2nd semester | HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment | HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance | HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care | HMET4220 – Applied Micro Econometrics | ||
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine | HMET4101 – Fundamentals of statistics | |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose elective courses in the 3rd semester with total 20 credits from this list:
- HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued)
- HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers
- HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care
- HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I
- HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II
- HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
- HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
- HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
- HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation
Course of study from 2019 - 2021
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) | HMET4210 – Research Design * | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | HFIN4210 – Finance and Investment | HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance | HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care | HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) | Elective course | |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HMET4100 – Fundamentals of statistics (discontinued) | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HLAW4100 – Fundamentals of Health Law (discontinued) | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
* begins teaching at the end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is assigned to 3rd semester.
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 15 credits in the 3rd semester from this list:
- HECON4260 – Need analyses, risk adjustments and formula funding (discontinued)
- HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers
- HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers
- HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care
- HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I
- HEVAL5130 – Modeling in economic evaluation II
- HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
- HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
- HMAN4210 – Leadership, Management and Organization Development
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
- HMAN5180 – Policy analysis and evaluation - a course description will be available before Autumn 2020.
Course of study - 2017-2018
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design * | HEVAL5140 – Methods for effectiveness evaluations in health care (discontinued) | Complementary course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| 2nd semester | HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance | HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care | HECON4230 – Optimal Regulation | HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers | HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) | Elective course |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HMET4100 – Fundamentals of statistics (discontinued) | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HLAW4100 – Fundamentals of Health Law (discontinued) | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
* begins teaching at the end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is assigned to 3rd semester.
It is highly recommended to have the preliminary course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists if you choose this specialisation.
Complementary courses:
You must choose 5 credits in complementary courses in the 3rd semester:
- HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued)
- HMAN4230 – Internship
- HMET5140 – Non-Parametric Methods and regression alternatives
Complementary courses may be used as elective courses if not already chosen.
Elective courses:
You must choose 5 credits in elective courses in the 2nd semester and 10 credits in the 3rd semester:
- HEVAL4200 – Fundamentals of Economic Evaluation in Health Care
- HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued)
- HEVAL5120 – Modeling in economic evaluation I
- HEVAL5200 – Topics in economic evaluation
- HFIN4230 – Cost accounting (discontinued)
- HFIN4240 – Budgeting (discontinued)
- HGOV5200 – Topics in Health Policy (discontinued)
- HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued)
- HMAN5150 – Management in practice (HR-management) (discontinued)
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
- HMET5120 – Qualitative methods
Course of study - 2013-2016
| 4th semester | HMM4501 – Master Thesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd semester | HMET4210 – Research Design * | Complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course | Elective course | Elective course | Elective course |
| 2nd semester | HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance | HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care | HECON4230 – Optimal Regulation | HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued) | HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers, complementary course or elective course | Complementary course or elective course |
| 1st semester | HECON4100 – Fundamentals of Health Economics | HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management | HMET4100 – Fundamentals of statistics (discontinued) | HGOV4100 – Fundamentals of Health Care Systems | HLAW4100 – Fundamentals of Health Law (discontinued) | HMED4100 – Fundamentals of medicine** |
| 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | 5 credits | |
* begins teaching at the end of 2nd semester, exam and credits is assigned to 3rd semester.
** if you have already taken HMED1101 – Helsefaglig grunnkunnskap og nomenklatur, you may replace the course with:
- HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued)
- HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued)
- HMAN5140 – Topics in Priority Setting (discontinued)
- HMAN5160 – Integrated Care Models
The pre-course HECON4000 – Basic Mathematics for Health Economists is highly recommended for students choosing this specialisation.
Specialisation
In order to specialise you must take 40 credits within the selected specialisation. You must also write your thesis within the field that you choose (30 credits). The obligatory courses in the specialisation Health Economics are:
- HECON4210 – Demand for Health and Health Insurance
- HECON4220 – Paying Providers of Health Care
- HECON4230 – Optimal Regulation
- HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers (from class 2014 and later)*
- HMET4210 – Research Design
- HMET5130 – Linear Regression Analyses (discontinued)
You must also choose 10 credits from this complementary course list:
- HEVAL5110 – Valuing Health (discontinued)
- HEVAL5150 – Decision making under risk and uncertainty (discontinued)
- HEVAL5140 – Methods for estimating the effects of interventions (old version - 5 credits)
* HECON4250 – Cost and Efficiency Analyses of Health Care Providers was obligatory from class of 2014. Class of 2013 must choose 15 credits from the complementary course list above.
Elective courses
The remainder of credits must be chosen from the courses available from the Institute of Health and Society's portfolio. To choose courses, use the list of courses available at master's level.
You may apply to get other relevant courses approved as elective courses. The application should include a course description or supplementary information. Applications are submitted to: postmottak@medisin.uio.no. If the Institute of Health and Society approve of the course, you may apply for the course through Studentweb. If the course is not available in Studentweb, you must contact the department which offers the course.