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Resource Planning and Global Healthcare Finance

Gain an understanding of the healthcare financing landscape and utilise this knowledge to understand how to adequately plan.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Explore healthcare funding and the importance of planning resources

In this program, you will have the opportunity to explore the different models of healthcare funding and how they influence the delivery of patient care.

You will critically analyse why resource planning is necessary and begin to explore the attributes of a good business plan.

What topics will you cover?

  • Defining resources
  • Healthcare financing analytical framework
  • Healthcare financing functions
  • Healthcare financing models
  • Global healthcare financing landscape present and future
  • Why is resource planning necessary?
  • Attributes of a good business plan
  • Environmental analysis
  • Business planning framework
  • Objective setting
  • Performance measuring

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 the functions in funding healthcare
  • Recognise the advantages and disadvantages of different financing methods
  • Understand different national approaches to financing healthcare
  • Define resources from a health system/healthcare perspective
  • Evaluate different types of resources available to implement healthcare policy
  • Understand the factors to consider when planning and managing resources

Who is the course for?

This course if 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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