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This is a final year examination paper for the Financing Management in Health course, likely from the University of Zambia's Department of Health Policy and Management. The paper is structured into three sections designed to test comprehensive knowledge of healthcare financial management. Section A requires detailed descriptions of key financial statements including the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and statement of changes in equity, along with definitions of assets and liabilities. Section B involves comparing procurement procedures in the private and public sectors. Section C presents an extensive case study based on the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, focusing on its operational challenges and financial constraints. Students are tasked with proposing five ways to generate local income without government or donor support, and subsequently, five investment strategies to grow excess funds for procuring essential resources and repairing medical equipment. This past paper is an invaluable resource for fourth-year and postgraduate students in health administration, public health, and health policy preparing for exams, as it tests the application of financial principles to real-world challenges in a major public healthcare institution. Download this exam paper to practice and refine your problem-solving skills in health financing and resource management.
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CS MEDIA@MRSAKUWAHA FINANCING MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH FINAL YEARS STUDENT (4TH YEAR) EXAMINATION QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS SECTION A 1. Describe the following financial statements; [30 marks] A) Assets [5 marks] B) Liabilities [5 marks] D) Balance sheet [5 marks] C) Statement of Cash flow [5 marks] D) Statements of changes of equity [5 marks] E) Income statement [5 marks] SECTION B 1. Write a short note about the following; [20 marks] A) Procurement procedure in private sector [10 marks] B) Procurement procedure in public sector [10 marks] SECTION C 1. University teaching hospital (UTH) is the biggest public tertiary hospital in Zambia although the hospital was health commission in 1910 to cater for sick Africans the main general hospital commission CS MEDIA@MRSAKUWAHA 1934 and it became a training hospital. Therefore, the hospital is the best for training various health students like medical doctors, nurses and other health practitioners. The hospital welcome both in- patient and out-patient services and is the center for specialist referrals across the countries. To issue smooth operational the hospital recently the hospital divided into adult hospital, children’s hospital, women and new born hospital and eye hospital. The University teaching hospital ground accommodate cancer disease hospital and clinical offices for University of Zambia (UNZA). It also accommodates other research and clinical centers and on top of that it also accommodates BIG department which belongs to minister of home affairs and it also accommodate Lusaka city Council mortuary. Owing to its vastness running the hospital has always been a challenge although has been an effort to relieve the hospital like upgrading Leavy Mwanawasa general hospital and upgrading Lusaka uber clinics into first levels hospitals. Despite boasting in largest number of human resources for health various specialization in the country the biggest challenge on running the hospital has been ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS with resources at its core for example hospital it has entirely need with financial resources every time whether the government and donors have tried their best, more financial resources are required. Taking this in consideration answer the following questions [50 marks] A). You are current managers for all hospitals at university teaching hospital diverse five ways you will rise income locally without involvement of government and donors? [25 marks] B) After rising the money for two years you notice that the hospital has excess funds and you have an idea for the funds to grow so that you can use it to procure resources like cleaning agents and other resources and use it for repairing health materials like x-rays and ultrasound machines etc. Diverse five ways you can invest money for growth?
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