308955 (v.1) Aboriginal Health Economics 502

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):

308954 (v.1) Priority Setting and Equity in Aboriginal Health 501

Syllabus:

Measuring health, some more methodological issues. Relating health measurement to the construct of Aboriginal health. The theoretical underpinnings of WTP, 'willingness to pay'. The nature of demand in health care, supplier induced demand, agency. Equityrevisited. Hospital supply and funding. Medical practice variations. Paying doctors. Insurance and moral hazard. Incentives. The political economy of health. Social determinants of health. Social determinants of Aboriginal health. Cultural security. Vertical equity.

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Field of Education:

90311 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	Short Period 10					Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Short Period 3					Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Short Period 5					Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Short 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