Health Policy and Management focuses on the administration, economics, finance, policy, and law of health care systems. It develops and uses theories and models based in the social and behavioral sciences, such as organizational theory, economic theory, decision theory, and motivation theory to understand the health care system; identify and analyze its strengths and weaknesses, and design, implement, evaluate and improve programs.
Health Policy and Management
in the spotlight

Toby Fisher and Andrea Freeman of the Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA) spoke to over 50 students and community health leaders during a visit to the UMass Amherst campus on February 5th.

Jing Hao, doctoral student in Health Policy and Management, has been awarded the 2012 American Public Health Association (APHA) Student Presentation Award for her study on the Public Health Implications and Economics of Combination Drugs.





