306220 (v.1) Economics of Health Systems 603
| Area: | Centre for International Health |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 20.0 |
| Individual Study: | 1 x 20 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 306200 (v.1) Health Economics 601 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Different countries' financing and organisational structures, including insurance and patient payment regimes. The implications of these for cost control, efficiency and equity. Examination of comparative levels of spending internationally and the question of what one country can learn from others. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Critiqued different systems of organisation and financing of health care systems. Assessed the strengths and weakness of the student's own country's system. Interpreted policy shifts in financingof the systems and parts of it, for example hospitals. Critiqued changes in other countries and assessed their relevance to the student's own country. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Rice, T. (1998). The Economics of Health Reconsidered. AHSR, Boston, Chapter 2. McGuire, A. and Anand, P. (1996). Evaluating health care reform. In Changes in Health Care, eds. Anand, and McGuire, Basinsoke. McGuire, A., Parkin, D., Hughes, D. and Gerard, K. (1993). 'Econometric Analyses of National Health Expenditures: Can Positive Economics Help to Answer Normative Questions?', Journal of Health Economics, 2, 113 - 126. WHO (2000). World Health Report, WHO, Geneva, Chapter 2. Shiell, A. and Carter, R.(1999). Public Health: Some Economic Perspectives. In Mooney, G., and Scotton, R., Economics and Australian Health Policy, Allen and Unwin, Sydney. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment (1) 100% or Assignments (2) 50% each. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Short Period 10 | | Y | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Short Period 3 | | Y | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Short Period 5 | | Y | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Short Period 8 | | Y | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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