Delivered by distance learning over 20 weeks
Delivered by distance learning over 20 weeks
A Postgraduate Certificate Health Economics Course
In partnership with Middlesex University
The Mechanics of Health Economics syllabus
Core modules
Unit 1 – Demography, illness and medicine
Unit 2 – Public sector health provision and investment: personnel, facilities and management
Unit 3 – The pharmaceutical industry, r&d and the future
Unit 4 – Private and quasi-private sector health arrangements: payment structures, services and institutions
Unit 5 – Measuring healthcare costs, budgets and performance
Unit 6 – Healthcare capital investment and management decision-making
Unit 7 – Contracting out and Public-Private Partenerships (PPP) in healthcare
Unit 8 – Financial structures in healthcare investment and operation
Unit 9 – Contracts for healthcare projects: construction, finance, service provision and operation
Unit 10 – Risks and risk mitigation techniques in healthcare investment and management
What you’ll learn
- How public sector resources are allocated and how to evaluate demographic, illness and medical data
- The structure and operation of the international pharmaceutical industry and evaluate how they interact with each other
- The role of budgeting and financial management within public and private sector healthcare and how to construct, manage and assess healthcare budgets
- Investment processes within health and how to audit, build and use Excel models for health investment decision-making
- How to understand the complexities of contracts and legal issues within the health industry
- How to apply risk analysis and evaluation techniques for health investment and risk management
Postgraduate certificate option
You have the option to receive a postgraduate certificate validated by Middlesex University Business School.
You will need to submit an additional marked assignment of 5000 words, based on a continuing case study that runs throughout the duration of the course.
How you’ll learn
- A new module is released every two weeks
- Read the units online, save them to your computer or print them out
- Study at your own pace
- Efficient and cost effective - no need to travel or take time off work
- Apply new skills and expertise to your work straight away