HEALTH SERVICE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PHE5HSR

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject students are introduced to financial management in health services, in particular, systems of finance and budgeting. Topics covered include accounting principles, the analysis and interpretation of financial data and quantitative performance data for management control, and basic techniques of quantitative decision making and operations research for dealing with health service resource utilisation decisions. Students are also introduced to costing and case mix funding.

School: Psychology and Public Health (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Hanan Khalil

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

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: offered subject to sufficient enrolment numbers.

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Birt, J., Chalmers, K., Beal, D., Brooks, S., Byrne, S., Oliver, J.

Year: 2017

Edition/Volume: 6th ED

Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS

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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. Evaluate and interpret and apply principles and conventions of basic principles and conventions of accounting, such as relevance, reliability, materiality and timeliness

02. Analyse and interpret the performance of a health service organisation using pre-existing data and predict outcomes within the five major accounting categories of assets, liabilities, owners equity, revenues and expenses

03. Analyse and interpret between the information provided through a balance sheet, a profit and loss (or income) statement and a statement of cash flows and formulate these financial statements to provide commentary on a health service organisation's performance.

04. Synthesize data to discriminate between cash and accrual accounting and develop evidence based recommendations for managers in the health sector.

05. Analyse and synthesize relevant data to justify a capital budgeting decision using evidence based arguments.

06. Using evidence-based skills, analyze, evaluate and critique the implications of the applications of different methods of financing health service organisations, such as activity based funding.

City Campus, 2020, Semester 2, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Hanan Khalil

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 32 - 42
Two 3.50 hours lecture/seminar per study period during the day from week 32 to week 42 and delivered via face-to-face.
These two (week 32 and week 42) face-to-face workshops are optional.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
A flexible online learning package equivalent to three hours contact per week.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Two blog postings in peer group (500 words each with a total of 1000 words). Students are required to comment on a relevant financial issue in healthcare and provide comment on at least two of their group members' postings. Marks and comments provided on LMS one week after blog postings.	N/A	Other	Group	No	20	SILO2, SILO6
Multiple choice quiz (equivalent 1000 words). Students will be tested on a range of knowledge of accounting principles and financial statements. Marks and comments provided on LMS two week after submission.	N/A	Quizzes	Individual	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
One 2,000-word written assignment. Students will explain, defend and analyse approaches to various financial statements, budgeting, costing and casemix. Marks and comments provided on LMS two weeks after submission.	N/A	Assignment	Individual	No	50	SILO1, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6

Assessment element

City Campus, 2020, Winter semester, Blended