title: Re-prioritizing doctoral education in health administration and policy.
abstract: Among health administration programs, doctoral education has been a low priority for decades. Programs which are profitable from an economic perspective tend to be maintained or expanded while less profitable programs tend to be reduced. For a variety of reasons, doctoral programs tend to be viewed as less profitable than other programs. This paper analyses why doctoral programs are a low priority, the symptoms of this low priority, implications for the future of health administration education, and recommendations for enhancing that future.
authors.affiliation: Programs in Health Services Administration, Department of Health Professions, College of Health and Public Affairs, 210A HPA2, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2205, USA. Fottler@mail.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Myron D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Fottler
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000193:education*; D006291:Health Policy; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States