Does Health Economics Inform Healthcare Management in Graduate Business Programs?
Roger Lee Mendoza
College of Business and Economics, California State University-Los Angeles, USA
Volume 18: 2023, pp. 209-228; ABSTRACT
The question we seek to address is whether health economics informs the study of
healthcare management as a graduate program in business schools. We find for the affirmative, but
with key qualifications. The theoretical and practical applications and contributions of health
economics may vary depending on course objectives and target learning outcomes, instructional
approaches and frameworks used, expected or assumed proficiency of the graduate student in
quantitative fields or disciplines, and the academic unit/s offering the health economics course/s
(e.g., business or non-business school). In addressing the research question of this study, we
inquired into the coverage and integration of health economics and related economics courses
offered in top-ranked graduate business degree programs in healthcare management in the United
States. Insights and implications from both an economic and business education
standpoint are discussed by way of conclusion.
Keywords: health economics, healthcare management, graduate business program, curricular content.
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