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Health Economics

Work with leading researchers in a unique learning environment!

The Health Economics Summer School operates within the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE), which is home to over 70 researchers exploring medicine, business, economics, and social sciences to develop solutions to current and future challenges in health service provision.

All Summer School programs include our supplementary program, focusing on German culture and history.

Dates & Facts

| Start: 5 July | End: 23 July 2021

| Application starts: 1 March 2021

| Est. program hours: 30 hrs a week (contact time)                 

| Credits: up to 6,5 credits (ECTS)

| Language of instruction: English

Subject specific classes are delivered through live sessions from mondays to fridays from 9 am to 4 pm Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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Health Economics Program

Core topics:

  • European Health Care Systems
  • Health Economic Evaluation and Modelling
  • Health Econometrics
  • Behavioral Economics for Health: Concepts, Methods and Applications
  • Causal Inference and the Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

→ Course descriptions

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Supplementary Program

Week 1:

  • Basic German lessons
  • German culture and regional studies

Weeks 2 – 3:

  • Extracurricular activities (not required for full credits)

→ Supplementary Program page

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