The Australian Health Care System

The Australian Health Care System, 2e provides a solid basis for understanding how the Australian health care system operates. It highlights the tension that exists for health policy makers who must work within a complex social and political environment. It provides an in-depth examination of every part of the health care system: from the health workforce, government structures, and hospitals, to public, primary and community care. The book grounds the Australian health care services within a 'systems approach'. It is structured around the inputs and processes of the health system, and the resulting outputs and outcomes. The author describes how the provision of health care is linked to the financing of the workforce, capital and supplies as well as to the social and political support it must receive from the population.