13448 (v.2) Health and Safety Economics 381
| Area: | School of Public Health |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| An introduction to the economic way of thinking about occupational health and safety (OHS). Examination of the economic context in which occupational health and safety operates and development of the skills necessary to analyse occupational health and safety issues from an economic perspective. Topics include - Introduction to basic economic concepts, marginal cost, opportunity costs, economic evaluation, economic growth, macro economics, micro economics. Economic rationalisation for occupational health and safety, downtime, workers compensation, rehabilitation. Budgets, workplace health and safety programs, conflict, compromise in health and safety and economic growth and development. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | Y | | | 2003 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Trimester 2A | Y | | | |
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