Economic issues in health and health care (6 points)
(BUS)
Leader: Mr Anthony Harris, Dr. Bruce Hollingsworth
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: On completion of this unit students will: 1. have gained an understanding of the nature of health as a produced commodity and the implications for resource allocation in health care; 2. be able to identify the sources of market failure in health and health insurance and the issues involved in health system design; 3. be able to apply the concepts of agency and incomplete contracts for the analysis of problems in the demand and supply of health care and the organization of health care funding; 4. be able to apply the concepts of efficiency and equity in health and to design and negotiate ways in which the funding of health care can impact on these objectives; 5. have used the concept of net benefits to evaluate a health care intervention and present the results in both oral and written form.
Assessment: Class presentations: 20% + Essay (1500 words): 15% + Examination (2 hours): 65%
Contact Hours: Three contact hours per week
Prerequisites: ECC1000
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