卫生政策硕士课程主要集中在三个领域。首先，我们的培训将培养个人识别政策的能力（例如，立法草案，法规，各级政府部门的法院判决，然后将这些政策分解为组成部分（例如，计划资格要求，财务机制） ，确定各项政策之间的有效差异（例如，针对资格或财务激励措施的不同年龄定义），并考虑这些政策如何共同发挥作用或在冲突中影响卫生保健的结果。进行政策分析和研究：健康政策硕士课程为45个学期，旨在学习来自各种学术背景的学生，包括商业，文科和健康专业，因此，并不需要任何先决条件入场。
Upon completion of the MS in health services and policy research, students will be able to evaluate the organization, financing, and delivery of U.S. health services, evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity, analyze the behavior of health care market stakeholders using the principles of health economics, select the appropriate study design and statistical models for health services research questions and outcomes, use statistical computing programs to analyze quantitative data, and conduct a study using health services research methods.