School Of Biomedical And Health ScienceFinancing Health and Community ServicesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400423.1
Discipline: PUBLIC AND HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
E7309, Financial Management of Health Services
E7235, Accounting and Financial Management
C7006G, Human Services Financing
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course – course types 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, or 42.
About this Unit
Please note that this unit has been replaced and is no longer on offer. From January 2008 students should select 400800 Financial Management in the Health Services.
This unit critically reviews the role of financing in health and human services as a major promotional and constraining force in development and implementation of health and social policy.
Public sector services and NGOs must account for use of resources and ensure equity and efficiency from the cost centre level up. Managers need to consider the financial implications of decisions and are expected to understand and act on accounting information to stay on budget.
The aim of this unit is twofold: 1) to develop a basic knowledge of accounting principles, awareness of health/community services funding arrangements and opportunities for reform, an understanding of the language of financial reporting and provide an introduction to the preparation of budgets and economic appraisal of service development options; 2) to critique and reflect critically on the link between financial management and action within social and health contexts.