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Postgraduate | TAS-BAA754 | 2023

Health Finance, Economics and Accounting

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Start dates
10 July 2023
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Health Finance, Economics and Accounting

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Appraise the funding models and core concepts of economics, financial and managerial accounting in the Australian health sector.
    2. Evaluate the use of techniques of economics, financial and managerial accounting for cost efficient and effective managerial decisions in health.
    3. Compare public and private funding issues across the acute, primary and aged care sectors.
    4. Argue the ethical and practical budget implications of cost efficiency focusing on cost, safety and quality.
    5. Assess how to improve the application of economics, financial and managerial accounting in the health sector.

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

  • TAS-HSM-MAS-2023 - Master of Health Service Management
  • TAS-HIM-MAS-2023 - Master of Health Information Management
  • TAS-MPA-MAS-2023 - Master of Professional Accounting
  • TAS-HSM-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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PostgraduateTAS-HSM-MAS

Master of Health Service Management

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PostgraduateTAS-HIM-MAS

Master of Health Information Management

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PostgraduateTAS-MPA-MAS

Master of Professional Accounting

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