The Mechanics of Health Economics
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
20 Weeks
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
A new module is released every two weeks
Read the units online, save them to your computer or print them out
Study at your own pace
Efficient and cost effective - no need to travel or take time off work
Apply new skills and expertise to your work straight away
About this course
What you’ll learn
How public sector resources are allocated and how to evaluate demographic, illness and medical data
The structure and operation of the international pharmaceutical industry and evaluate how they interact with each other
The role of budgeting and financial management within public and private sector healthcare and how to construct, manage and assess healthcare budgets
Investment processes within health and how to audit, build and use Excel models for health investment decision-making
How to understand the complexities of contracts and legal issues within the health industry
How to apply risk analysis and evaluation techniques for health investment and risk management
Postgraduate certificate option
You have the option to receive a postgraduate certificate validated by Middlesex University Business School.
You will need to submit an additional marked assignment of 5000 words, based on a continuing case study that runs throughout the duration of the course.
Reviews
Subjects
- Investment
- Economics
- Mechanics
- Private
- Healthcare
- Provision
- Personnel
- Management
- Industry
- Arrangements
- Payment
Course programme
- Unit 1 – Demography, illness and medicine
- Unit 2 – Public sector health provision and investment: personnel, facilities and management
- Unit 3 – The pharmaceutical industry, r&d and the future
- Unit 4 – Private and quasi-private sector health arrangements: payment structures, services and institutions
- Unit 5 – Measuring healthcare costs, budgets and performance
- Unit 6 – Healthcare capital investment and management decision-making
- Unit 7 – Contracting out and Public-Private Partenerships (PPP) in healthcare
- Unit 8 – Financial structures in healthcare investment and operation
- Unit 9 – Contracts for healthcare projects: construction, finance, service provision and operation
- Unit 10 – Risks and risk mitigation techniques in healthcare investment and management
The Mechanics of Health Economics
