308950 (v.1) Micro Economics in Aboriginal Health 501

Area:

Centre for International Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Individual Study:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

308949 (v.1) Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Economics 501

Syllabus:

Overview of economics. Understanding of micro economics and macro economics. Introduction to economics and health economics. Links between economics and health economics. Understanding of basic concepts of economics - scarcity of resources, opportunity cost and its value base, the margin, efficiency both allocative and technical, supply, demand, and the value base of consumer sovereignty, the micro economic theory of the firm, markets, the theory and practice of discounting. Principles and practice of costing. Utility theory. Uses of micro-economics in general. Uses of micro-economics in health care. Reasons for needing to know how neo classical economics works in theory and in practice. Understanding these principles to allow a better appreciation of the need to appraise thoroughly the value base of Aboriginal culture and how that might be used in Aboriginal health economics.

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Field of Education:

090311 Indigenous Studies

Funding Cluster:

03 - Humanities

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Study Period 10					Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Study Period 3					Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Study Period 5					Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Study Period 8					Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External