phe3hcs health care systems
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
PHE3HCS
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students will gain familiarity with the health care systems used around the world and will compare and contrast underlying rationales, policies and aims in the context of societal needs and resource demands. The interface between health and politics, economics and social structure will be considered and students will analyse the comparative advantages and disadvantages of approaches to health care provision. Topics to be covered include public and private systems, decentralised health care, national contributory plans such as Medicare, and social insurance, among others. Case studies will be drawn from health care systems around the world.
FacultyFaculty of Health Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDeborah Gleeson
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects PHE1AHS, HIM3AHS, PHE4AHS
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | Understanding the Australian Health Care System. | Prescribed | Willis, E., Reynolds, L., and Keleher, H. | 2ND EDITION, SYDNEY: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE. (2012). |
Readings | Comparative health systems: a global perspectives | Recommended | Johnson, J & Stoskopf, C 2010 | JONES AND BARTLETT, SUDBURY, MA. |
Readings | Health care systems in transition: Australia | Recommended | Hilless, M & Healy, J 2001 | EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, COPENHAGEN. |
Readings | Primary health care reform in Australia | Recommended | Dept of Health & Aging 2009 | DEPT OF HEALTH & AGING, ACT. |
Readings | The Australian health care system | Recommended | Duckett, S & Willcox, S 2011 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MELBOURNE. |
Readings | The health care dilemma: a comparison of health care systems in three European countries and the US | Recommended | Armstrong, E et al 2010 | WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO, HACKENSACK, NJ. |
Subject options
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Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Online
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSteve Begg
Class requirements
Lecture
One 1.0 hours lecture other recurrence and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 1-hour lecture in week one of the semester."
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
contribution to online discussion | 10 | |
group presentation (5 minutes per student) | 20 | |
one 1,500-word indvidual assignment | 30 | |
one 2-hour online final examination | 40 |
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Online
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorDeborah Gleeson
Class requirements
Lecture
One 1.0 hours lecture per study period on weekdays during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
"One 1-hour lecture in week one of the semester."
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
contribution to online discussion | 10 | |
group presentation (5 minutes per student) | 20 | |
one 1,500-word indvidual assignment | 30 | |
one 2-hour online final examination | 40 |