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Allocating Resources

Understand the relationship between health economics and allocating resources.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

How can we allocate resources equitably, efficiently and effectively?

You will begin your exploration of resource allocation by understanding the key principles of health economics, linked with an understanding of markets, demands and supply. You will also develop your understanding of ethical considerations when allocating resources.

What topics will you cover?

  • Principles of health economics
  • Markets, demand, and supply
  • Incremental analysis
  • Efficiency and equity
  • Economic evaluation
  • Health Technology
  • Assessments
  • Programme budgeting and marginal analysis
  • Factors impacting demand and supply
  • Priority setting
  • Ethical considerations
  • Deliberative involvement methods
  • Citizen engagement and decision-making
  • Deliberation

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Understand health economics and relationship to resource planning and management
  • Understand economic evaluation and relationship to resource planning and management
  • Understand tools and techniques to support decision making
  • Understand the factors that impact on priority setting
  • Understand the ethical considerations when allocating resources
  • Understand deliberative methods and citizen engagement

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for healthcare professionals and administrators wishing to progress into middle or senior management role, as well as policy makers, executives, consultants and service providers in the health sector.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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