ECON20041 - Health Economics for Managers

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit provides a broad introduction to economic theory and analysis with the focus on health care services issues that are especially relevant to managers and leaders of health care organisations. It assists health care managers to have a better understanding of economic evaluation of health care decision, budgeting, costs and strategies. You will study economic valuation in health care with the focus on identifying, measuring, valuing and analysing health outcomes and costs and the role of the government in health care. You will explore the application of behavioural economics to health care such as how to use economic incentives to influence health behaviour, equity/ethical considerations and the role of health insurance. The unit will enable you to raise awareness of the importance of economic analysis in health care system management, recognise the different fields of economic theory that are relevant to health care managers and develop analytical skills to help the decision making process.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

Attendance Requirements

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Report 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply analytical reasoning and tools of health economics and key economics concepts to health care issues
  2. Interpret health related behavioural determinants and analyse recent policies aimed at improving the populations' lifestyles
  3. Use economic models to understand the behaviour of actors in the health care sector
  4. Investigate and analyse the efficiency of health care decisions.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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