Health Policy investigates how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect the accessibility, quality, and cost of health care and, ultimately, our health and well-being. The Master’s Degree in Health Policy gives students the skills to conduct and interpret research in health policy and clinical decision-making.

The MS program is typically completed in two years.

All candidates must satisfactorily complete 45 units of graduate coursework. Students must maintain an overall 3.0 (B) grade average or higher in graded courses, as well as a master’s thesis representing original health policy research. In addition to satisfying the core course requirements, students must take additional courses in one of three concentration areas - clinical decision-making, health policy, or implementation science.

The Health Policy Master's Program’s core faculty interests include outcomes research, health economics, health care organization, health care access, implementation science, quality of care, decision analysis, clinical guidelines, and patient preferences and quality of life assessment.

See the program website for additional program information, including (but not limited to) program and course requirements, faculty lists, admissions information, requirements, and deadlines. Please address inquiries to the Health Policy Admissions Team at hrpadmissions@stanford.edu.

Graduate Degrees summarizes university requirements for the Master of Science (MS) degree.

HRP-MS - Health Policy (MS)

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