MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing
Programme Code: TIHPPF
Department: Health Policy
For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Full-year programme taught jointly with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Students must take courses to the value of four units as shown below, and undertake a 6,000 word dissertation. It is highly recommended that students select courses which spread the workload over the course of the year. The dissertation will be completed during the summer.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
HP400 Financing Health Care (0.5) | |
Paper 2 |
(LSHTM) 1107 Health Services (0.5) or (LSHTM) 1117 Health, Policy Process and Power (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Obligation for all students to take one additional course to the value of 0.5 units at LSE from the following (please note that HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) and LSHTM 1117 Health Policy, Process and Power (0.5) cannot both be taken): | |
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HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) | |
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HP420 Health Economics (0.5) | |
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HP424 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
Obligation for all students to take one additional course to the value of 0.5 units at LSHTM from the following (please note that HP401 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (0.5) and LSHTM 1117 Health Policy, Process and Power (0.5) cannot both be taken): | |
Papers 5, 6 & 7 |
Three courses from the following range of options: A | |
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HP402 Measuring Health System Performance (0.5) | |
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HP403 Health Systems and Policies in Developing Countries (0.5) | |
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HP404 Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Politics (0.5) | |
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HP405 Social Determinants of Health (0.5) | |
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HP407 Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making (0.5) | |
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HP421 Economic Analysis for Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (0.5) | |
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HP425 Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation (0.5) # | |
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HP428 Randomised evaluations of health programmes: from design to implementation (0.5) | |
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HP429 Behavioural Incentive Design in Health and Health Care (0.5) | |
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(LSHTM) 1402 Conflict and Health (0.5) | |
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Another LSE course (not listed above) with permission. | |
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Another LSHTM course (not listed above) with permission. | |
Paper 8 |
HP431 Dissertation in Health Policy (0.5) | |
Footnotes
A : At least one course must be taken at LSE and at least one course must be taken at LSHTM in Papers 5, 6 & 7.
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
It is not always possible to offer students a place on each of their preferred courses. This is particularly the case where courses are offered outside the Department of Health Policy (i.e. not prefixed with 'HP').
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.