HEALTH DATA ANALYSIS A

HIM4AHA

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students develop a specialist working knowledge of: health data standards; health data collection; government, insurance and other sectoral health data reporting requirements; and the relationships between these and health service measurement and financing. Models of Activity-Based Funding, including case mix-based systems, and their underpinning reporting and analysis requirements are studied. The pivotal role of the Health Information Manager within all of these arrangements is addressed. Students develop an understanding of the policy and funding frameworks for public and private health services and of the supporting clinical costing and modelling methods. They develop competency in the analysis and reporting of hospital and health service utilisation statistics and published health data. Case studies inform student learning of these concepts and their analyses of morbidity, mortality, clinical, productivity and health service data.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Merilyn Riley

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must pass HIM2HMA and HIM3HMB or must be enrolled in HMHIM

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Health Information: Management of a strategic resource

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Abdelhak, M et al

Year: 2012

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Saunders

ISBN: N/A

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Source location: N/A

Australia's Health

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Year: 2014

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Website

ISBN: N/A

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Review the principles and standards related to health data, and the processes of collection, reporting and verification for administrative health data collections and management.
02. Analyse the uses of administrative health data collections by state, territory and national health authorities, health service planners, health service managers, and researchers.
03. Calculate and present hospital and health service utilisation statistics and analyse published health activity- and service-related data.
04. Demonstrate an understanding of health data analysis and reporting to underpin a specialised knowledge of models of health service and care funding, including Activity-Based Funding and casemix-based approaches.
05. Examine the frameworks for health data at state and population levels, underpinned by an understanding of the concepts of demography and population health monitoring.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Merilyn Riley

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 12 - 22
Two 1.00 hour lecture/workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 12 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One 2,000 word individual assignment

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO5

One 2,500-word team assignment (625 words per student)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO2, SILO4

One 2-hour written examination

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

One thirty minute LMS based on-line quiz (equiv. to 500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO1, SILO2, SILO3