The module will focus on exploring how health systems need to adapt to changing health needs and maintain financial sustainability. Students will be introduced to a range of concepts relevant to developing sustainable health systems. This will encompass the way health systems are funded, how care delivery is organised to meet the needs of patients and how managers will need to respond to changing systems and organisational demands.
Contact hours: 24
Private study hours: 126
Total hours: 150
MSc in Healthcare Management, Kent Business School (Medway Campus) - compulsory module
Main assessment methods
Coursework - Short descriptive analysis, 1,000 words - 25%
Coursework - Essay, 3,000 words - 75%
* The essay must be passed in order to pass the module
Re-assessment methods
100% Coursework
Brandt, N. (2008). Moving Towards More Sustainable Healthcare Financing in Germany. OECD Economic Working Papers, No. 612, OECD Publishing.
Economist Intelligence Unit. (2011). The Future of Healthcare in Europe. The Economist.
Lega, F., Prenestini, A., & Spurgeon, P. (2013). Is Management Essential to Improving the Performance and Sustainability of Health Care Systems and Organizations? A Systematic Review and a Roadmap for Future Studies. Value in Health, 16 (1), S46-S51.
Lyons, G. J. & Duggan, J. (2015). System Dynamics Modelling to Support Policy Analysis for Sustainable Health Care. Journal of Simulation, 9 (2), 129-139.
Morgan, M. W., Zamora, N. & Hindmarsh, M. F. (2007). An Inconvenient Truth: A Sustainable Healthcare System requires Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Transformation. Healthcare Papers, 7 (4), 6.
Staiger, U. & Chaytor, S. (eds) (2011). The Future of Healthcare in Europe. London: UCL.
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
8.1 Demonstrate an advanced critical understanding of how changing demographic profiles impact on the organisation and delivery of health services
8.2 Demonstrate an advanced critical understanding of the role of healthcare financing structures
8.3 Apply management strategies in complex healthcare practice scenarios
8.4 Analyse complex system issues in healthcare organisations and identify relevant organisational and management strategies to address identified problems
8.5 Utilise personal reflection of management practice to develop an advanced understanding of evolving health systems
8.6 Utilise a range of complex evidence to support developments in healthcare delivery
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
9.1 Analyse, interpret, objectively evaluate and prioritise information, recognising its
limitations, and critically evaluate the logic of arguments and modes of inquiry
9.2 Critically appraise the application of evidence to different organisational and institutional arrangements
9.3 Be able to apply and communicate complex information and debate to a variety of audiences using a range of methods.
9.4 Demonstrate problem solving skills in an organisational management setting, identifying and defining management problems, ensuring optimal and alternate solutions, deciding on a course of action, and reviewing the relative success of this course of action
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