Hsmg 523:Health Care Financing Question Paper

Hsmg 523:Health Care Financing

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2010

SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL EDUCATION

DURATION: 3 HRS

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Answer ALL Questions in Section A and TWO in Section B 2. Write your University ID on ALL scripts 3. Use only blue, black ball point or ink

SECTION A

Question 1

a) Define health care financing (1mark)

b) Highlight three key processes in health care financing (3marks)

c) Mention two challenges that are likely to be encountered in each of the processes you have highlighted in question 1(b) above (6marks)

Question 2

“Health care financing is about promoting equity, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability of health service provision”. Discuss (10marks)

Question 3

Highlight five key challenges facing health care institutions is developing countries with respect to health care financing (10marks)

Question 4

a) Define social health insurance (2marks)

b) Highlight four major obstacles to the implementation of social health insurance schemes in developing countries (8marks)

Question 5

Mention five key functions of a finance manager in a health care institution and for each function briefly explain how its impacts on organizational performance (10marks)

SECTION

Question 6

Mention five sources of health care finance and discuss two advantages and two disadvantages of using each of the five sources of finance (25marks)

Question 7

Most developing countries have resorted to using the Basic Package of Essential Health Services as a means to enhancing access to health care. However, this is not without advantages and disadvantages. Discuss three advantages and two disadvantages of using the basic package of essential Health services (25marks)

Question 8

“The importance of financial Accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, auditing and forensic accounting in the health sector can not be overemphasized”. Mention two reasons why you think each of the five functions is important and discuss three challenges that may be faced in institutionalizing each of the five functions in the health sector. (25marks)

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