Course summary
Our PhD/MPhil Health Economics programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Health Economics. Our main research themes within health economics apply or develop economic methods to understand
- incentives and provider performance;
- equity in healthcare and geographical resource allocation;
- workforce planning and determinants of labour supply;
- measurement and valuation of preferences for benefits of healthcare;
- determinants of variation in healthcare costs and benefits;
- economic evaluation of complex cross-therapeutic interventions;
- utilisation of routinely collected data across health and social care to value costs and benefits in economic evaluation;
- causal analysis of complex interventions, complex needs and less-regulated (mainly diagnostic) services;
- innovative study design to take account of complexity in intervention design and increase in emphasis on integration of
Entry requirements
We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree, or the equivalent qualification gained outside the UK, in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For fees for entry in 2025, please view the course listing on our website.
Provider information
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL