6947 (v.3) Health Economics and Planning 202

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Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Theories of planning, concepts, management, service and capital. Option appraisal. Estimating demand. Hospitals as monopolies. Access to services. Scale economies. Manpower planning. Production functions. Allocative and technical efficiency. Costs. Measuring and outcome. Economic appraisal. Discounting. Alternative financial arrangements, containing expenditure, quality assurance. Internal markets.