The Australian health care system is a highly functioning and accessible system based on universal principals of access and equality, to give illustration as to how I have arrived at this conclusion you will discover the answers within the significant topics of history and structure, stability and vulnerability and the effect it has on the allocation of resources, policies and priorities and the current issues that impact upon these, roles of government and private health services including their funding, why there are standards for residential aged care and their role in quality improvement and finally professions of health service delivery including their roles and functions covered in this essay.
Let us begin with History, In the 1900’s …show more content…
The Governments structure of the health care system and funding is spread over various resources ranging from hospitals to aged care facilities, rural health care and ongoing research, a large percentage of the economic stimulus and growth within the health care system still comes from the Commonwealth Government, followed by the State and then privatized providers. Tabbners (2016) Although, Australians are mainly still using hospital based care and care delivered by other professionals, new developments in the models of care are emerging ranging from e-health which can be used It at the click of a button, tele health which is great for Australia’s fast pace living, alternative health care such as acupuncture and massage and patients using self-monitored devices like blood pressure or blood glucose monitors in their own homes. Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing (2016)
Australia’s Health Care system has certainly moved forward with its function and accessibility since the 1900’s, present day is indicative that the governing bodies of health care are taking notice of what needs to be achieved, there are strengths and weaknesses encountered in every health care system, health is an ever-changing industry, just as health care theorists learnt by trial and error there will always be positive and negative outcomes with …show more content…
The Australian Government allocates funding to each local government on a case by case basis. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (2016) There are also non-government contributors, not for profit organisations and volunteer programmes some still run by religious organizations like the first health care providers in Australia, a lot of these are funded by the community or privately, they provide community services like case managers, counselling and aged
Let us begin with History, In the 1900’s …show more content…
The Governments structure of the health care system and funding is spread over various resources ranging from hospitals to aged care facilities, rural health care and ongoing research, a large percentage of the economic stimulus and growth within the health care system still comes from the Commonwealth Government, followed by the State and then privatized providers. Tabbners (2016) Although, Australians are mainly still using hospital based care and care delivered by other professionals, new developments in the models of care are emerging ranging from e-health which can be used It at the click of a button, tele health which is great for Australia’s fast pace living, alternative health care such as acupuncture and massage and patients using self-monitored devices like blood pressure or blood glucose monitors in their own homes. Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing (2016)
Australia’s Health Care system has certainly moved forward with its function and accessibility since the 1900’s, present day is indicative that the governing bodies of health care are taking notice of what needs to be achieved, there are strengths and weaknesses encountered in every health care system, health is an ever-changing industry, just as health care theorists learnt by trial and error there will always be positive and negative outcomes with …show more content…
The Australian Government allocates funding to each local government on a case by case basis. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development (2016) There are also non-government contributors, not for profit organisations and volunteer programmes some still run by religious organizations like the first health care providers in Australia, a lot of these are funded by the community or privately, they provide community services like case managers, counselling and aged