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We aim to enrich undergraduate education in the Faculty of Social Sciences through fostering unique approaches to learning within the classroom and more actively engaging students in the community, as well as promoting strong relationships between academic studies, career exploration and community involvement.

Study

Study

McMaster offers a wide-range of education opportunities in health economics at the undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and post-professional levels.

Training Opportunities

Training Opportunities

Students at McMaster can pursue their health economics interests through several graduate programs designed to prepare students for the varied career opportunities open to those with health economics expertise.

Research

Research

McMaster is home to vibrant research programs that span the full range of topics in health economics, the full set of methodological approaches used in health economics, and the continuum from foundational economics science to research that directly informs specific health policy questions.

Resources

Resources

Links to Departments, Programs and Research Units, involved in Health Economics at McMaster

What is health economics?

Health economics draws together the ideas and tools of various fields of economics including econometrics, public finance, labour market economics, and industrial organization to study the economics of health and health care systems. These are combined with sector-specific institutional knowledge both to study and to contribute policy advice regarding the health sector. Topics are diverse including, for example, tax policy concerning health-related behaviours, payment models for the health workforce, insurance and financing schemes for health care, equity in health and health care, the dynamics of health, and determinants of physical and mental health outcomes.

HEAM seminar: The association between cigarette taxation, cigarette prices and infant mortality.

HEAM seminar: The association between cigarette taxation, cigarette prices and infant mortality. Akwugo Balogun, Economics PhD student, will discuss her ongoing research on January 10, 2024, at 11:15 AM, CRL-B119 and via Zoom. To request the Zoom link, please email Emmanuel at emmanuel.guindon@mcmaster.ca
Dec 15, 2023

HEAM seminar: Physician Labour Supply: The Efficient Use of General-Purpose Surveys

Arthur Sweetman, Professor in the Department of Economics, will discuss joint work-in-progress with Rabiul Islam, on September 13, 2023, at 11:15 AM, CRL-B119 and via Zoom.
Sep 07, 2023

HEAM seminar: A discussion on minimax-regret optimal statistical treatment rules and their applications in health

Sergei Filiasov, PhD Student in the Department of Economics, will discuss his work on Wednesday, May 3 at 1:00 PM, CRL-B119 and via Zoom
Apr 28, 2023