PowerPoint Presentation Assignment:
Task:
Using this framework, together with the knowledge and skills you are acquiring in this unit, prepare a PowerPoint presentation that provides an economic analysis of the health system of a country of your choice. In particular, you may want to include some of the following issues in your presentation and discussion –
(i) Revenue collection mechanisms
(ii) Pooling of funds
(iii) Purchasing arrangements
(iv) Provision (delivery) of health services
(v) Role of contracting (if any)
(vi) Methods of payment to health professionals and institutions
(vii) Role of the public and private sectors
(viii) ‘Benefit package’ for the population
(ix) Existing policies on health priorities, cost containment, etc.
(x) Recent health system reform initiatives (ifs any)
(xi) Challenges facing the health system
(xii) Policy options to address current challenges
(xiii) Fiscal sustainability of the health system
