Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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Code: | HPER71-111 |
EFTSL: | 0.125 |
Faculty: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine |
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Credit: | 10 |
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Description
To navigate, lead, and innovate within health systems, it is essential to understand how they are structured and operate. The key components of health systems, including health governance and funding arrangements, will be explored. You will be able to benchmark and analyse Australia’s health system in the context of international comparators, investigate the key drivers for health system improvement, and apply the components of health economics to critically evaluate and inform health decisions. You will explore the way in which the diverse population accesses the health system and evaluate the impact of the social determinants of health on health status.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Describe the Australian health system and identify the key drivers for health system improvement.
- Analyse the Australian health system in the context of international comparators.
- Evaluate the impact of the key social determinants of health on healthcare access and health outcomes.
- Apply a systems thinking perspective to examine the role of governance in the Australian health system.
- Apply the principles of health economics to critically evaluate and inform health decisions.
Enrolment requirements
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Subject outlines
- September 2024 [Intensive - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- September 2023 [Intensive - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- January 2023 [Intensive - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- September 2022 [Intensive - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- January 2022 [Intensive - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- September 2021 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- January 2021 [Standard - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- September 2020 [Standard - Health Systems: Australia and International]
- January 2020 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Health Systems: Australia and International]
Subject dates
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September 2024
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 14/07/2024 Semester start: 09/09/2024 Subject start: 09/09/2024 Cancellation 1: 23/09/2024 Cancellation 2: 30/09/2024 Last enrolment: 22/09/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 05/10/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 26/10/2024 Teaching census: 04/10/2024
Standard Offering | |
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Enrolment opens: | 14/07/2024 |
Semester start: | 09/09/2024 |
Subject start: | 09/09/2024 |
Cancellation 1: | 23/09/2024 |
Cancellation 2: | 30/09/2024 |
Last enrolment: | 22/09/2024 |
Withdraw - Financial: | 05/10/2024 |
Withdraw - Academic: | 26/10/2024 |
Teaching census: | 04/10/2024 |