Funding of Health Care in Australia: An Overview
In terms of efficiency and effectiveness, health care in Australia is widely considered to be a worldclass.
Like any other country, Australia too is encountering enormous pressure on health funding
due to...
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Funding of Health Care in Australia: An Overview
In terms of efficiency and effectiveness, health care in Australia is widely considered to be a worldclass.
Like any other country, Australia too is encountering enormous pressure on health funding
due to Australia’s aging population, the increased cost of healthcare itself, increasing expectations
of the patients and the technological changes.
Government provides financial assistance to the
public as well as the private health care sectors in Australia.
According to the Australian Government, Department of health and ageing, an estimated $103
billion was spent by the government on health care in Australia.
Out of which, $ 30.
8 billion was
spent on the services provided by the public hospitals in Australia and over seven per cent was
spent on the private hospitals in Australia.
The Health-care system consists of health service
providers from both the public and the private sectors and series of funding and regulatory
mechanisms whi
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