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Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Sources of Healthcare Financing

HSC703 · Managing Finance in the Health and Social Care Sector — Week 6 of 16

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Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Sources of Healthcare Financing

  1. Commercial debt and bank facilities
  2. Public sector grants and commissioners' funding
  3. Private finance initiatives and public-private partnerships
  4. Charitable donations and equity funding
  5. 803 | Funding Vehicles Explained: Gifts, Loans, Equity & Bonds - Social Entrepreneurship Course
  6. 802 | Demystify Financing: Funding Sources for Your Social Venture - Social Entrepreneurship Course
  7. Financial Markets | Healthcare Financing Mechanism | Public Health Finance

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Explain the benefits and limitations of various sources of finance available to an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the benefits and limitations of various sources of finance available to an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • 803 | Funding Vehicles Explained: Gifts, Loans, Equity & Bonds - Social Entrepreneurship Course · YouTube · YaleCourses · 8 min · for registered students
  • 802 | Demystify Financing: Funding Sources for Your Social Venture - Social Entrepreneurship Course · YouTube · YaleCourses · 11 min · for registered students
  • Financial Markets | Healthcare Financing Mechanism | Public Health Finance · YouTube · KJ Lectures · 22 min · for registered students
  • The government Spending Review: Implications for NHS public health & social care funding (subtitled) · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 59 min · for registered students
  • Panel discussion: The future of health and social care funding in England · YouTube · The King's Fund · 25 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Business Finance Guide, The journey and finance options · Reading · Other, report; pp. 6–29 · for registered students
  • MIT OCW 1.040 Project Management (Spring 2009), Public-private partnerships in financing infrastructure · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 17: How Firms Raise Capital · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 509–536 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Financial Management in Healthcare
  • Week 2: Financial Technology and Accounting Information Systems
  • Week 3: Double-Entry Bookkeeping and Financial Recording
  • Week 4: Financial Performance Evaluation Using Ratios
  • Week 5: Short-Term and Long-Term Financing Needs
  • Week 6: Sources of Healthcare Financing
  • Week 7: Budgetary Control and Revenue Management
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Interpreting Healthcare Budgets
  • Week 10: Capital Expenditure and Investment Appraisal
  • Week 11: Strategic Financial Recommendations
  • Week 12: Applying Managing Finance in the Health and Social Care Sec…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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