MPH2068

Financial issues in health care management (6 points)

(MED)

Leader: Professor J Stoelwinder

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2003 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2003 (OCL)
Clayton Second semester 2004 (OCL)

Synopsis: Financial management issues confronting clinically-based managers, the management of budgets & the analysis of financial data. Key areas: concepts of the balance sheet, profit & loss accounts; distinctions between cash flow, accounting profit & taxable income; role of budgets & various approaches to costing; reporting against budgets. Strategies to optimise resource use, cost-containment strategies, development & presentation of business plans.

Assessment: Web-based tasks + Written assignments + Examination