Hi All, What are the main differences between a Master of Health Services Administration and a Master of Health Care Administration? My school offers the MHSA and I get asked that question constantly and want to make sure I am giving accurate information.
I would guess that Michael is correct. However, if you were to ask the question a slightly different way such as, "What is the difference between Health Care and Health Services, I would guess that Health Services covers a broader range of activities. For example, I would guess that the guy who delivers the bottles of oxygen might be considered in the category Health Services but not in the category Health Care. However, as Michael said, within the contect of a Masters in Administration degree program this distinction (assuming I'm correct) would make no real difference. Jack
There is no practical difference between the two, and not even much of a theoretical difference that is intended by the schools and couldn't be discussed ten thousand different ways. Some time ago there was a bit of a trend at calling these degrees simply Master of Health Administration or MHA, presumably to jive with the MBA or the MPA. My master's concentration was in health administration, but Northwestern likes to give degrees exotic titles so it is an "MPPA." I do still notice a bit of a prejudice against Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees in administration, even when they are tarted up as "executive," etc; I suspect it's because without "administration" somewhere in the title, people just don't believe it really is a master's in administration.
