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USC Catalogue 2019-2020 
    
USC Catalogue 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Healthcare Decision Analysis (PharmD/MS)


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The Healthcare Decision Analysis (HCDA) program gives students the tools and knowledge to succeed in the complex world of healthcare data analytics, international access and reimbursement, product pricing and value assessment, insurance operations and design, along with competitive business intelligence. A dual degree of Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Healthcare Decision Analysis will be granted upon the completion of the course work required for the PharmD degree, and the HCDA core and elective units. Dual degree students will be credited up to 9 units of appropriate PharmD course work toward the MS, HCDA. Dual degree students will select from a series of HCDA core courses and required electives to meet the MS, HCDA degree requirements. Electives will be considered from the disciplines: applied healthcare policy, business intelligence, regulatory science, and healthcare economics, along with all required clerkships and rotations offered though the USC School of Pharmacy. Students should develop a specific plan of study in consultation with program administrators before beginning the program.

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