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Twin Cities Campus

Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration Minor

School of Public Health - Adm
School of Public Health
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Contact Information
School of Public Health, MMC 819, A395 Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-3500 OR 1-800-774-8636, Fax: 612-624-4498)
Email: sph-ask@umn.edu
Website: http://www.sph.umn.edu
  • Program Type: Graduate minor related to major
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2018
  • Length of program in credits (master's): 6
  • Length of program in credits (doctoral): 12
  • This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.
The HSRP&A minor is available to students who are interested in the social, political, and economic forces that affect the operations, financing, and delivery of health care. This minor offers a high degree of flexibility in course selection, which can be tailored to individual interests and goals of the student. Doctoral students have the option of declaring the standard HSRP&A minor or the HSRP&A minor with a focus in Health Economics.
Program Delivery
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program is 3.00.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
The Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration graduate minor is contingent upon enrollment and good academic standing in a University master's or doctoral degree-granting program. Students should confer with their program advisor about the advisability of an HSRP&A minor before contacting the HSRP&A director of graduate studies or graduate program coordinator. Approval of the HSRP&A director of graduate studies is required.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Master's Minor Requirements
Take at least 6 HSRP&A credits, selected in consultation with the HSRP&A director of graduate studies, from the following course number sequences: PubH 65xx, PubH 67xx, PubH 68xx, or PubH 88xx.
PUBH 6xxx
PUBH 8xxx
Doctoral
Doctoral Minor -- Standard (Option 1)
Required Courses
Take one of the following two courses:
PUBH 6556 - Health and Health Systems (3.0 cr)
or PUBH 6724 - The Health Care System and Public Health (3.0 cr)
Take one of the following two courses:
PUBH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory (1.0 cr)
or PUBH 8802 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Applications (2.0 cr)
Electives
To complete the 12-credit minimum, select HSRP&A electives in consultation with the HSRP&A director of graduate studies from the following course number sequences: PubH 65xx, PubH 67xx, PubH 68xx, or PubH 88xx
PUBH 6xxx
PUBH 8xxx
Doctoral Minor -- Health Economics Focus (Option 2)
Take the following courses for 6 credits:
PUBH 6832 - Economics of the Health Care System (3.0 cr)
PUBH 8821 - Health Economics II (3.0 cr)
Electives
To complete the 12-credit minimum, select at least 6 credits in consultation with the HSRP&A director of graduate studies from the following:
PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care (3.0 cr)
PUBH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory (1.0 cr)
PUBH 8811 - Research Methods in Health Care (3.0 cr)
 
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PUBH 6556 - Health and Health Systems
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
U.S. health care system and health policy process, including current challenges in the areas of health care delivery, financing, and policy.
PUBH 6724 - The Health Care System and Public Health
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Overview of health care delivery, finance systems within public health context. Components of health care system: financing, role of employers/public programs, health care delivery system, managed care. Collaborative interventions between managed care, public health. prereq: Public health or grad student or instr consent
PUBH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory
Credits: 1.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Course introduces students to the research and theoretical aspects of health policy, to enhance understanding of of the equity, historical, and socio-cultural, and political context of health policy, to develop deep fluency in the health policy process and policy-relevant aspects of health services research. prereq: PubH: HSRPA major or instr consent
PUBH 8802 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Applications
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Emphasizes relationships between health services research/policy. Uses case studies to examine how research influences policy/vice versa.
PUBH 6832 - Economics of the Health Care System
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examines applications of microeconomic principles to the U.S. health care system. Topics include demand for medical care, insurance theory and selection issues, provider payment, competition in health care markets, the health care workforce, pharmaceutical prices and innovation, health care spending growth, quality of care, externalities, the relationship between income and health, and the economics of the opioid epidemic. Prerequisite: an introductory economics or microeconomic theory course ? or permission of the instructor.
PUBH 8821 - Health Economics II
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Spring Even Year
Examines application of microeconomic theory to health services research through selected reading from published and unpublished health economics literature. prereq: 8820 or instr consent
PUBH 6862 - Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Government regulations. New technologies. Diagnosis/treatment protocols. Strengths, limitations, appropriateness of different approaches. prereq: instr consent; introductory econ course recommended
PUBH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory
Credits: 1.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Course introduces students to the research and theoretical aspects of health policy, to enhance understanding of of the equity, historical, and socio-cultural, and political context of health policy, to develop deep fluency in the health policy process and policy-relevant aspects of health services research. prereq: PubH: HSRPA major or instr consent
PUBH 8811 - Research Methods in Health Care
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Research methods commonly used in analysis of health services research and health policy problems. prereq: [8810, [grad or professional school] student] or instr consent