Department of Health Policy and Health Economics

Health Policy Planning and Financing MSc

The Master Programme offers multi-disciplinary expertise and a problem-oriented approach enabling graduates to understand the complexities of health care systems both at macro and micro levels and to perform tasks in analysis, planning, financing and management of health technologies, health care services and health systems. The master programme can be completed as a 2-year full-time or as a part-time programme, too. 
Learn more on the page of the Programme

Intensive (short) courses

Learn more about previous short courses and see what's coming up

Scientific activity

Our colleagues do scientific researches in several fields of health policy, public health and health economics. A few samples of our main fields of scientific activities:

  • Measuring and analysing health state inequities
  • Evaluation the performance of health care systems
  • Health technology assessment
  • Economic modelling
  • Epidemiology and burden of diseases
  • Evidence based public health
If you need more information about the staff or you are interested in the publications and research fields of our colleagues please visit the STAFF page.

Partners

The department has a broad scientific network. The department built up partnerships with partners from the public and the private sector. Our students and teachers have the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus exchange program and we work together with other foreign universities on other international projects.

International Partners (Erasmus + KA2 Project) 

Erasmus: 
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam – Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
  • University of Sheffield – Sheffield, United Kingdom  
  • Medical University of Sofia – Sofia, Turkey
  • KA2 Project:
  • Hacettepe University, Ankara (TR)
  • Medical University of Sofia (BG)
  • Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
  • University of Liverpool (UK)
  • University of Athens (EL)
Partners in Hungary:
  • National Public Health and Medical Officer Service
  • National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary
  • Ministry of Human Capacities
  • National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition
  • Ministry for National Economy
  • Syreon Research Institute
  • Mediconcept Ltd.
  • Healthware Consulting Ltd.
  • Med-Econ Ltd.
  • Medexpert Ltd.
  • Heal Partners Ltd.
  • Richter Gedeon Plc.
  • Glaxo Smith Kline Ltd.
  • Pfizer Hungary Ltd.
  • MSD Pharma Hungary Ltd.
  • Gottsegen György Hungarian Institute of Cardiology

Advisory Board

The International Advisory Board was set up in 2010 with the purpose of helping the Department of Health Policy & Health Economics to meet international standards in its programmes and extend its international relationships. Members of the IAB are also to contribute to the education of the master programme. The members of the IAB are as follows:

Paul A. KEOWN, Prof. MD, DSc, MBA
Martin McKEE, Prof. MD, DSc
Lou GARRISON, Phd
Jens GRUEGER, Phd
Armin FIDLER MD, MPH, MSc
Ron L. AKEHURST, Prof., PhD
Christophe GOURLET

Staff

Read more about the staff of the Department and their professional work on the staff page

PhD Students

Available information in Hungarian

2018.10.30.