MPH2035

Health economics, management and evaluation

(MED)

Associate Professor R Carter

6 points + 2 contact hours per week + Second semester + Melbourne University Hawthorn Campus

Synopsis: The contribution of health economics and health program evaluation to the practice of public health. Key economic concepts and their role in increasing welfare; health care as an economic commodity; the value of economic analysis in promoting an efficient and equitable health care system; the role of economic appraisal in the evaluation of health care services; evaluation strategies appropriate to the particular stages of the program cycle; differences between process, impact and outcome evaluation; different types of evaluation design.

Assessment: Assignment