DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND POLICY
PhD in Health Policy – coursework and schedules
Health Economics Track
Statistical Data
Analysis,
Econometrics,
and Casual
Inference
Decision Science Track
Required:
Required:
ECON 270: Intermediate Econometrics I
ECON 271: Intermediate Econometrics II
ECON 272: Intermediate Econometrics III
ECON 270: Intermediate Econometrics I
ECON 271: Intermediate Econometrics II
ECON 272: Intermediate Econometrics III
OR
HRP 261: Intermediate Biostatistics: Analysis
of Discrete Data
HRP 262: Intermediate Biostatistics:
Regression, Prediction, Survival Analysis
MicroEconomics
Required:
Required:
ECON 202N: Core Economics (Modules 1 & 2)
ECON 203N: Core Economics (Modules 5 & 6)
ECON 202N: Core Economics (Modules 1 & 2)
ECON 203N: Core Economics (Modules 5 & 6)
DisciplineSpecific
Courses
Required:
Required:
ECON 204: Core Economics (Modules 9 & 10)
HRP 263: Advanced Decision Science
Methods and Modeling in Health
HRP 206: Meta-research: Appraising Research
Findings, Bias, and Meta-analysis
AND
Choose 2 of the following 4 fields in
economics and complete 2 courses in each:
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Development Economics
Public Finance
Labor Economics
Industrial Organization
AND
Choose 4 methods courses like:
MS&E 201: Dynamic Systems
MS&E 211: Linear and Nonlinear
Optimization
MS&E 221: Stochastic Modeling
MS&E 223: Simulation
MS&E 252: Decision Analysis I: Foundations
of Decision Analysis
MS&E 263: Healthcare Operations
Management
HRP Redwood Building, 259 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5405
t: 650-723-5082 * f: 650-725-6951
Health Policy
Required:
Required:
HRP 256: Economics of Health and Medical
Care
HRP 392: Analysis of Costs, Risks, and
Benefits of Health Care
HRP 252: Outcomes Analysis
HRP 256: Economics of Health and Medical
Care
HRP 392: Analysis of Costs, Risks, and
Benefits of Health Care
HRP 252: Outcomes Analysis
AND
Practice of
Research
AND
Choose 3 additional health-related courses
like:
ECON 249: Topics in Health Economics
HRP 391: Health Care Regulation, Finance and
Policy
LAW 762: Health Law: Improving Public
Health
LAW 727: Health Law: Quality and Safety of
Care
Choose 3 additional health-related courses
like:
HRP 391: Health Care Regulation, Finance
and Policy
LAW 762: Health Law: Improving Public
Health
LAW 727: Health Law: Quality and Safety of
Care
Required:
Required:
First-year core tutorial
Second-year core tutorial
Research in Progress Seminar
Health Economics Seminar
First-year core tutorial
Second-year core tutorial
Research in Progress Seminar
For more information on individual courses go to: http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/browse
Final schedules to be discussed with, and approved by, the student’s primary advisor.
Possible schedule options are:
Economics (Econ) Track
Courses
Units
Q1 Fall
ECON 270
ECON 202N
HRP 392
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
Q2 Win ECON 271
ECON 203N
Health Policy Course
4
4
4
2
1
4
4
3 to 5
Decision Sciences (DS) Track
Courses
Units
ECON 270 or DS Methods
Course
3 to 4
ECON 202N
4
HRP 392
4
Core Tutorial
2
Research Seminar
1
ECON 271 or HRP 261
ECON 203N
HRP 263
4
4
3
2
Q3 Spr
Q4
Sum
Q5 Fall
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
2
1
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
ECON 272
ECON 204
HRP 252
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
4
4
4
2
1
ECON 272 or HRP 262
HRP 252
Health Policy Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
HRP Graduate Research
HRP 256
Econ Field Course
Econ Field Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
Q6 Win Econ Field Course
Econ Field Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
HRP Graduate Research
Q7 Spr
Health Policy Course
Health Policy Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
HRP Graduate Research
Q8 and
beyond HRP Graduate Research
TBD
5
4
4
2
1
HRP Graduate Research
2
1
4
4
3 to 5
2
1
TBD
HRP 256
DS Methods Course
DS Methods Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
5
3 to 4
3 to 4
2
1
4
4
2
1
TBD
HRP 206
Health Policy Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
HRP Graduate Research
3
3 to 5
2
1
TBD
3 to 5
3 to 5
2
1
TBD
Health Policy Course
DS Methods Course
DS Methods Course
Core Tutorial
Research Seminar
HRP Graduate Research
3 to 5
3 to 4
3 to 4
2
1
TBD
TBD
HRP Graduate Research
TBD
TBD = to be determined by student & advisor
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