Health Finance, Economics and Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-BAA7542025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $3,085
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Health Finance, Economics and Accounting
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Appraise the funding models and core concepts of economics, financial and managerial accounting in the Australian health sector.
- Evaluate the use of techniques of economics, financial and managerial accounting for cost efficient and effective managerial decisions in health.
- Compare public and private funding issues across the acute, primary and aged care sectors.
- Argue the ethical and practical budget implications of cost efficiency focusing on cost, safety and quality.
- Assess how to improve the application of economics, financial and managerial accounting in the health sector.
- Module 1: Funding and core macro issues in Australian healthcare
- Module 2: Decision making for efficiency and effectiveness in health
- Module 3: Budgeting approaches and KPIs in healthcare
- Module 4: Application of financial statements and accounting in healthcare
This subject examines the theories and frequently used techniques of economics, financial and managerial accounting in healthcare organisations. Public and private funding issues will be examined across the acute, primary and aged care sectors. Students will apply this knowledge to determine cost efficient and effective decision making, taking into account safety, quality, resource considerations and principles of value-based healthcare, in general. Students will investigate critical topics and approaches, including funding models; supply and demand factors; economic evaluations, financial statements and working capital cycle; budgeting approaches and key performance indicators; and long-term investments. Students will have opportunities to hear from experts across Australia and participate in industry relevant studies and analysis.
- Report on financial budget and performance improvement (40%)
- Short Answer Assessment 2 (15%)
- Presentation (30%)
- Short Answer Assessment 1 (15%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-AHE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
- TAS-AHE-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
Elective
- TAS-AOP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
- TAS-AOP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
- TAS-AOR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
PostgraduateTAS-AHE-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
PostgraduateTAS-AHE-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
PostgraduateTAS-AOP-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-GDI
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
PostgraduateTAS-AOP-MAS
Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
PostgraduateTAS-AOR-MAS