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Doctor of Health Care Administration (PhD)

School of Social and Human Studies
Atlantic International University

The Doctor of Health Care Administration (PhD) objective is to help students bolster their knowledge and practical skills to advance career in the fast-growing field of health care administration. The Health Care Administration program areas of study include: Health Care Executive, Health Care Consultant, Researcher, and Educator. The Health Care Administration program is designed to advance the professional development of experienced health care administration graduates and professionals in the health care administration arena by extending their knowledge and equipping them with broad research and process health care administration skills, enabling them to make a key leadership contribution to their chosen fields.

AIU’s Doctorate degree in Health Care Administration goes one step further by allowing students to study and research multiple key areas of computer science to develop a unique foundation of practical knowledge and computer science theory.

Your AIU Distance Learning Doctorate program in Health Care Administration will be a custom-made program, designed just for you by you and your advisor. This flexibility to meet your needs is seldom found in other distance learning programs. Our program does not require every student to study the same subjects and use the same books and other learning materials as every other student. Instead our online Doctoral programs are designed just for you. They are individually designed to meet your needs and help you to reach your professional and personal goals.

Important: Below is an example of the topics or areas you may develop and work on during your studies. By no means is it a complete or required list as AIU programs do not follow a standardized curriculum. It is meant solely as a reference point and example. Want to learn more about the curriculum design at AIU? (Course and Curriculum)

Core Courses and Topics in Health Care Administration:

Health Care Law
Financial Accounting
Statistics and Research Methods
Operations in Health Care Systems
Human Relations
Strategic Planning
Health Systems Analysis
Health Policy and Management
Health Care Ethics
Organizational Performance in Health Care
Qualitative Research Methods
Human Resource Management

Doctoral Dissertation Project
MBM900 Doctoral Proposal
MBM902 Doctoral Dissertation (15,000 words)
Publication: Each Doctor of Health Care Administration graduate is encouraged to publish their research papers either online in the public domain or through professional journals and periodicals worldwide.

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