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.

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Deborah Gleeson

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: PHE1AHS, HIM3AHS, PHE4AHS

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
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.

Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Steve 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