Deakin University program

Healthcare Financing

Explore the funding models and mechanisms that will equip you with the specific skills required to manage hospital finances.

Discover the key principles that underpin the funding of hospitals.

Hospital financing is critical for the delivery of health services, reducing barriers for access to healthcare and attaining improvement in health outcomes.

In this unit you’ll develop knowledge and skills about raising funds for hospital service delivery, an understanding of the bodies responsible for hospital funding and the basis of allocating funds for hospital services.

The unit also examines how different countries finance their hospitals to provide you with a general orientation to a wide range of hospital financing and budgeting mechanisms.

Courses

5 courses

Delivered by expert academics.

Deakin University is Australia’s eighth largest university with more than 53,000 students from more than 100 countries studying online and on-campus. With world-class teaching and research, Deakin produces sought-after graduates poised to make a real difference in the world.

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Who will you learn with?

Academic health management professional with a background as CEO in managing hospitals/public health in Victoria and NSW as well Chief Examiner for Australasian College of Health Service Management

Lecturer, School of Medicine, Deakin University. Imran's research interests range from information systems, Health information systems to Electronic health records and he is a widely published scholar

Learning outcomes

  • describe the financing mechanisms used by hospitals at different levels of governance
  • analyse and evaluate hospital financing systems and budget mechanisms from the perspective of different local and global jurisdictions
  • collaborate with others to analyse a budget report, identify issues and propose solutions using evidence-based arguments
  • create and present a hospital-funding business case
  • evaluate the impact of hospital funding on access to healthcare and health outcomes.

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