HEAPH7003 Public Health Economics
This unit will build technical and theoretical foundations of health economics i.e. the demand for and supply of health services, factors that influence these, and equity issues in resource allocation and will encourage students to apply these to wider policy making. It will also increse students' ability to the use of economics tools in the evaluation of disease burden (DALYs and QALYs), analysis of market for the health care in terms of efficiency and equity. Students will also learn contemporary issues such as estimating expenditure on public health, best buys in public health, and the role of economic tools such as price subsidisation and commodity taxation in public health. It will also provide analytical framework for assessment of the health care systems of Australian and OECD countries from an economic perspective.
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.
The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).
2025 student contribution amount: $2,329
2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $2,329
* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.