Organisation of Health Care Systems

• • Health care as a system
  • The health of the Australian population
  • Financing health care
  • Working in health care
  • Shaping health care and the role of government
  • Institutional health care
  • Public health
  • Primary health care
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Future directions in health care

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-HIM-GDI-2020
• CUR-HIM-MAS-2020
• CUR-MPH-GDI-2020
• CUR-MPH-MAS-2020

Elective

• CUR-HIM-GCE-2020
• CUR-HIM-GCE-2020
• CUR-MPH-GCE-2020
• OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2020

Special requirements

• EquipmentDetails - Audio/Visual equipment — microphone on computer

Health care systems across the world are facing significant challenges associated with limited resources, changing healthcare needs and rapidly changing technology. This subject takes a systems thinking approach to understanding how healthcare systems are organised to achieve universal objectives such as responsiveness, efficiency, financial protection and quality. Students examine stewardship, financing, resource generation and service delivery as well as the overall performance across all levels of the system, including public health. . Students will also compare different health systems from both developing and developed countries and critically appraise the challenges of delivering healthcare in different political, economic and cultural environments.

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• Critical comparison report (50%)
• Extended Answers (50%)
• Discussion Board and peer feedback (formative) (0%)