The Australian health care system

Australian Health Review;  May 1, 2008 ;     343 words ...The Australian health care system Duckett SJ Oxford University...the seminal local texts on the Australian health care system. Over the last seven years...Pharmaceuticals * Policy challenges for the Australian health care system. There are several key...

Relations with the health care workforce, industrially and otherwise

Australian Health Review;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......likely impact on the health care system of the industrial...and create an un-Australian two-tiered system...most relevance for health care, the Commonwealth...issues facing the Australian health care sector. Two other...communication technology in health ...

Health care no safer.(news)(Brief Article)

Australian Nursing Journal;  May 1, 2005 ;     76 words ......groundbreaking study into quality and safety in Australian health care, the sector is still responsible for adverse...it was not possible to confidently state that Australian health care was now any safer for patients.

FED: Half of Australians cannot afford essential health care

AAP General News (Australia);  July 30, 2007 ;     219 words ......cannot afford essential health care SYDNEY, July 30 AAP...cannot afford essential health care, industry groups say. Research by the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance has found...ahead of this week's health reform summit in Canberra...families, ineligible for ...

Health-care sector stressed: analyst.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  May 28, 2002 ;     253 words ......produced an independent report on Australia's health care sector. The firm's analysis suggests that almost 64 of Australian biotechnology and health care businesses are under financial stress. Analyst, James Gunn, says that around 25 of Australian health care and ...

Community consultation and engagement in health care reform

Australian Health Review;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......reform of the health care system, the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance...future of our health care system need...performance.3 The Australian health system has insufficient...reform which the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance...

New Chair and executive for AHCRA.(Australian Health Care Reform...

Australian Nursing Journal;  April 1, 2008 ;     97 words ......elected Chairperson of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance. Ms Armstrong...position in late 2007. The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) has...better emphasise primary health care, citizens' engagement and...

The Australian health care system: reform, repair or replace?

Australian Health Review;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......considerable change in the health care system over the period...reform necessary in health care is the functioning of...are challenges for the Australian health care system in each of these...nostrum. I will consider health system performance and...This paper is about ...

Fed: AMA calls for action not words on Aboriginal health care

AAP General News (Australia);  June 26, 2002 ;     156 words ......action not words on Aboriginal health care CANBERRA, June 26 AAP - The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has...producing more words on Aboriginal health care. The call was prompted by a report...Islander Health prepared for the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory ...

The prognosis: health care needs more funding.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 22, 2008 ;     130 words ......COMTEX) -- The CEO of Primary Health Care believes that the Australian health system needs improvement...those operated by Primary Health Care. Publication Date: 23 April 2008 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE LIMITED - ASX PRY All copyright...

NSW: The ailing health of health care funding

AAP General News (Australia);  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 NSW: The ailing health of health care funding By Jim Hanna...serious changes about how health care is run in Australia...Professor Dwyer acknowledges health care is a deeply political...planning could extract more health care from the same amount...part ...

Beattie cries blackmail over health-care deal.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  August 10, 2003 ;     165 words ......Beattie, has attacked the Australian Government over its health care policy. According to Beattie, the Howard Government...Queensland $A9 million if it does not join the new Australian Health Care Agreement by 31 August 2003. A spokesperson for Australian Health Minister, Kay ...

Hurdles to health: immigrant and refugee health care in Australia

Australian Health Review;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......face a number of barriers to accessing health care and improved health status. These include...service managers if they are to tailor health care and services appropriately. We include...available resources and entitlements to health care according to visa category to assist...

Cost deprives half of health care.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  July 29, 2007 ;     163 words ......Cost barriers for essential health care exist for 45% of the population, the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance has found. Another...Publication Date: 30 July 2007 AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE REFORM ALLIANCE HEALTH ISSUES CENTRE...

Redefining health care: creating value-based competition on results

Australian Health Review;  November 1, 2006 ;     389 words ......and argument for revitalising the US health care system through value-based competition...in the cost, provision and quality of health care in the US. In chapter four, the authors...Teisberg suggest that the current US health care system is based on "zero-sum" competition...book ...