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Author Duckett, S. J.

Title The Australian health care system / Stephen Duckett
Edition Second edition
Published South Melbourne, Vic. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004

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 W'PONDS  362.10994 Duc/Ahc 2004  AVAILABLE
Description xxv, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Frame works for analysis -- The Australian population and its health -- Financing health care -- The health workforce -- Departmental and intergovernmental structures -- Hospitals -- Public Health -- Primary and community care -- Pharmaceuticals -- Policy challenges for the australian health care system
Summary 'The Australian Health Care System', second provides, a solid basis for understanding how the Australian health care system works. It highlights the conflicting values and complex social and political environment in which health policy must be made. It describes and evaluates the health care services using a systems approach
Analysis Health care
Health policy
Medical profession
Government expenditure
Government agencies
Federal state relations
Interstate comparisons
Australia overseas comparisons
Notes Includes index
Previously published: 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliography (pages 297-332) and index
Audience For health sciences students
Subject Federal Government Services
Community health services.
Finance.
Health Politics
Health Workforce
Hospitals -- Australia.
Public health.
Medical care -- Australia.
Public health -- Australia.
Medical policy -- Australia.
Community Health Services -- organization & administration.
Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration.
Health Policy.
Delivery of Health Care.
Public Health.
SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Genre/Form Statistics.
Statistics.
LC no. 2004444892
ISBN 0195517458 :