HSH762 - Resource Allocation and Priority Setting
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Anita Lal |
| Prerequisite: | HSH719 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour seminar each week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 hour weekly class (recording provided) and 1 hour weekly seminar exercise posted to a moderated online discussion group |
Content
This unit introduces students to the challenges of priority setting in health care. Students will gain an understanding of the different approaches used for priority setting and the relevance of context and setting, the role of economic evaluation and issues around involving the public in difficult choices. Alternative methods for priority setting will be explored, including economic (for example league tables, Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis and Assessment of Cost Effectiveness) and non-economic approaches, including the contribution from ethics and theories of social justice.
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| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit. | |
| ULO1 | Explain the need for priority setting and the key issues in the context of markets and the role of government in health care. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Assess the relative merits of different broad approaches (e.g. ‘implicit’ verses ‘explicit’; different levels of decision-making; ‘technical approaches’ versus ‘due process’; attempts to involve the public in difficult choices). | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Appreciate and debate the key features of an ‘ideal’ approach to priority setting, having regard to the contributions from economic theory; from ethics and social justice; from empirical experience; together with the needs of decision-makers. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Evaluate the role, strengths and weaknesses of non-economic approaches to priority setting, including how conclusions might vary from country to country and between different decision contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Evaluate the role, strengths and weaknesses of economic approaches to priority setting, including how conclusions might vary from country to country and between different decision contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Apply priority setting principles to analyse selected case studies drawn from PBMA and ACE studies. Notes: PBMA: Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis ACE: Assessing Cost Effectiveness series | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting | Indicative due week |
| Assessment 1: In-trimester exercises (including seminar participation) | Weekly | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Essay | 2,000 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Examination | 2 hours | 40% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH762 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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