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The Australian health care system
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Australian Health Review
- Article date:
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May 1, 2008
- Author:
- Day, Gary E
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Copyright informationCopyright Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association May 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The Australian health care system Duckett SJ Oxford University Press, 2007 (3rd ed) ISBN: 978 O 19555 142 6. 370 + xxi pages. RRP: $69.95
THIS IS THE THIRD edition of one of the seminal local texts on the Australian health care system. Over the last seven years, this text has proved a basis for helping students, casual readers and health professionals understand Australia's sometimes difficult to understand health care system. The text is divided into ten chapters that deal with key aspects of Australia's health care system, namely:
* Frameworks for analysis
* The Australian population and its health
* Financing health care
* The health workforce
* Departmental and intergovernmental ...