Economics of Mixed Health Systems 2025

The Economics of Mixed Health Systems short course introduces participants to the economic principles underlying the interactions between public and private healthcare sectors, public and private financing, physician dual practice, hospital competition, and the implications of this public-private mix on health system outcomes.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, participants will be:

  • Understand how economists think about key issues relevant to primary care and mixed health care systems
  • Familiar with the latest high quality academic empirical evidence.
  • Able to use economic thinking to help improve policy and practice.
  • Able to analyse and predict the intended and unintended effects of policy interventions.

Who should attend?

The courses are suitable for those who want to increase their familiarity with the application of economic concepts and economic thinking to current policy issues and debates using the latest evidence.  No previous knowledge of economics is required and the material will be presented in a non-technical way.

The courses will be suitable for:

  • Public servants and health policy analysts working for government and non-government agencies
  • Health service managers across the public and private health sectors
  • Health professionals
  • Consultants working in the health and human services sector.

Date

Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 9.45am – 5pm

Location

Monash College, 750 Collins St, Docklands VIC 3008

Teaching staff

Terence ChengAssociate Professor Terence Cheng, Theme Lead (Health Financing and Market Organisation), Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School

A/Prof Cheng is an expert on the economics of public and private health systems. He has published extensively in leading international journals on topics covering public and private healthcare and insurance, medical labour markets, international markets for healthcare, and health and well-being. He is currently on the editorial board of the international journal Health Systems and Reform.

A/Prof Cheng has held academic and research appointments at universities in Australia, Singapore and the United States. He returned to Australia in 2024 after a three-year stint as a Research Scientist of Health Systems Research and Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He has consulted for the World Health Organisation, the World Bank and various government departments in Australia.