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Understanding the Australian Health Care System
1, 2008
Author: WILLIS
ISBN 9780729538619
Eileen Willis MEd, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Paramedic and Social Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide
Louise Reynolds BHSc(PHC), MACAP
Lecturer, Department of Paramedic and Social Health Science, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide
Helen Keleher BA, MA, PhD, FPHAA, FRCNA
Professor, School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, Melbourne
Abstract: The text provides an overview of the Australian Health Care System at a level suitable for 1st year undergraduate students. It describes the 'architecture' of the system and its key components (public hospital sector, private hospital and health insurance, GPs and primary care, community health, public health), some of the things that shape the system and introduces key concepts that underpin it such as the idea of the welfare state or a universal health system.
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