Title The Australian health care system / S. J. Duckett

Published Melbourne ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description xxix, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm regular print Contents Chapter 1. The Australian population and its health -- Chapter 2. Financing health care -- Chapter 3. The health workforce -- Chapter 4. Departmental and intergovernmental structures -- Chapter 5. Hospitals -- Chapter 6. Public health -- Chapter 7. Primary and community care -- Chapter 8. Policy challenges for the Australian health care system -- Appendices Summary This title seeks to provide a solid basis for understanding how the Australian health care system works and highlights the conflicting values and complex socio-political environment in which health policy is made Analysis Australia overseas comparisons Efficiency Equity Federal issue Federal state relations Government agencies Health care Health insurance Hospitals Medical profession Medicare Public health State issue Statistics Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-281) and index Subject Medical policy -- Australia. Health services -- Australia Medical care -- Australia. Medical care, Cost of -- Australia. Public health -- Australia. Health Expenditures. Health Workforce. Health Policy. Health Services. Public Health. Health Services Administration. SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 LC no. 00002165 ISBN 0195506308 (paperback)

Other Titles Australian healthcare system

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