307196 (v.1) Systems for Managing Health and Illness in Australia 201

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Systems for prevention and treatment of ill health in Australia. Regulation, governance, policy and funding. Measuring the health of Australians. Delivery of health care, medical services, primary care and community health services. Ethics and resource allocation. Challenges facing the Australian health system.

Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have - Described the structure of the system. Identified the role of government in regulating the health system. Outlined the financing of health care. Described the health workforce. Identified levels of care in relation to the health care needs of the community. Recognised challenges for public health.
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:	Bloom A., (2000), Health Reform in Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Gardner H., (1997), Health Policy in Australia, Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Hancock L., (1999), Health Policy in the Market State, Sydney, Allen andUnwin. Harris M and Associates, (2002), Managing Health Services, Concepts and Practice, Sydney, MacLennan and Petty. Lupton G and Najman J., (Eds.), Sociology of Health and Illness - Australian Readings, Melbourne, McMillan Publishers. Mooney G. and Scotton R., (1999), Economics and Australian Health Policy, Sydney, Allen and Unwin. Palmer G and Short S., (2000), Health Care and Public Policy, 3rd ed., Melbourne, McMillan Publishers. Petersen A.and Lupton D., (1996), The New Public Health - Health and Self in the Age of Risk, Sydney, Allen and Unwin. Wilkinson D. and Blue I., (Eds.), (2002), The New Rural Health, Melbourne, Oxford University Press.
Unit Texts:	Duckett S.J., (2000), The Australian Health Care System, Melbourne, Oxford University Press.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Assignment 30%, Case Study 35%, Examination 35%. This is by grade/mark assessment.