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Core Course in Health Policy
HLTHPOL 2000A

Course Information

Description

This course provides a foundational, interdisciplinary understanding of health policy for students who will undertake research that advances knowledge and leads to improvements in health. Topics include the determinants of health, insurance coverage, health care delivery, health data, and research methods. Disciplinary perspectives include ethics, political science, economics, statistics, management science, and decision science. 

 

Course Notes

Required of doctoral candidates in Health Policy and open to others by permission of the instructor.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Department Health Policy
Course Component Seminar
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Exam/Final Deadline Dec. 15, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Social Sciences
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students