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HSYP8103 - Health Law and Economics

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Project description

This unit will introduce you to key concepts of law and economics that are relevant to public health practice. In the health economics module, you will learn about the structural and financial aspects of a health system, including funding arrangements and economic evaluations that are used to help decision-makers identify cost-effective solutions to health care problems. In the law module, you will learn how legal frameworks and instruments are crucial to advancing public health. You will explore domestic and international legal environments through the lens of public health case studies such as HIV, tobacco control, obesity and emerging infectious diseases � with close attention to how coercive powers are balanced with other interests and rights. You will be able to integrate your previous learning in the program to examine ways in which health law, economics and policy advance public health. The unit is delivered through lectures, tutorials and online activities.

Year 2022

Location Australia

Organization Macquarie University

Project aims

Project outcome

1. Describe legal frameworks, sources of legal authority and associated processes that influence public health. 2. Critically analyse and apply evidenced-based regulatory strategies to protect public health and promote wellbeing. 3. Illustrate the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of health economics. 4. Apply the principles of economic evaluation to public health allocations to decision-making at the population/community levels. 5. Appraise funding and financing structures in national health care systems. 6. Articulate the role of public policy in promoting and protecting health and preventing disease.