Health systems & Work Force (8)

• Aus Health System


  Mixed providers, funded by state & territories, private health & individuals
• Medicare


  Universal health care since 1984. enables free & subsidised treatment. 2% of earnings towards levy
• Medicare Problems


  Funding, inequalities in health care, pressure on practitioners
• Medicare solutions


  Train more doctors / allied health workers

  increase rebate

  import overseas workers
• Private Health Insurance


  Hospital insurance covers treatment, accommodation, theatre
• Healthcare expenditure Rising


  Aging population

  Increase cost

  High need and usage for healthcare workers
• Equity of access to healthcare

  Horizontal equity

  Vertical Equity
• Horizontal equity


  People with same healthcare needs
• Vertical Equity


  People with unequal needs who require different or unequal treatment
• Ideology 


  Ideas of beliefs on how society is formed and run.

  influence types of policies implemented by political parties
• Levels of healthcare


  Tertiary

  Secondary

  Primary
• Tertiary


  Highly specialised requirements that involve very rare conditions
• Secondary


  Shorter consultations with specialist.
• Primary


  First point of contact, prevention, diagnostic and education