MPH5264 Economic management in healthcare
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5264 Economic management in healthcare is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Alfred Hospital
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5264
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MPH5264
No unit lists MPH5264 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in a Masters degree.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Alfred Hospital | Block on |
Assessment
- Critical reflections (2400 words)Threshold hurdle40%
- Critical appraisal checklistCompetency hurdle5%
- Critical appraisal reflection (1200 words)20%
- iSAP case study (1600 words)35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Categorise the funding impacts of the Australian healthcare system in the context of service delivery.
- 2
Apply principles of health economics to the allocation of resources within health care.
- 3
Appraise and interpret economic production function for healthcare, and how service delivery is structured around economic production and innovation.
- 4
Analyse and evaluate resource allocation in healthcare and the use and role of economic evaluations in decision-making.
- 5
Critically appraise peer-reviewed published economic evaluations in order to apply the evidence to healthcare.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Kelly Makarounas-Kirchmann
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Kelly Makarounas-Kirchmann
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5264?
MPH5264 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5264 offered?
In 2021, MPH5264 runs in Semester 2 at Alfred Hospital.
Does MPH5264 have an exam?
No. MPH5264 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.