Healthcare Management : Assignment

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Masters of Health Care Management

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Comparing the Healthcare Systems of Australia and France.....................................................3
Public Private Partnerships in Australia.....................................................................................3
Advantages of PPP.................................................................................................................4
Disadvantages of PPP............................................................................................................4
Universal Healthcare in France..................................................................................................5
Advantages of Universal Healthcare......................................................................................5
Disadvantages of Universal Healthcare.................................................................................5
Which is system is better: Universal Healthcare over PPP?......................................................6
Recommendations and Conclusion............................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
It is very important for people to stay and healthy. Only a healthy person can be happy and
productive in his/ her life. Thus the people in every nation no matter which class, creed, sex
they belong to need proper health insurances to cover their health expenditures. The
government in most of the nations is now very active and conscious about providing health
coverage to its people for the social welfare of the nation. The policies, systems and practices
of healthcare are quite different across the globe. In this paper, the healthcare system of
Australia has been analysed and evaluated with emphasis on the Public Private Partnership
(PPP). This healthcare system varies from that of other nations and so a comparative study
has been made between the healthcare system of Australia, PPP and that of France which has
a universal healthcare system. In the last section of the paper the future prospects of the
healthcare sector has been analysed and required recommendations have been made. It is very
important for people to have a health insurance because the people who are uninsured will get
less of medical care and access to required medical services. In fact the people who come
under no healthcare coverage will not get a timely treatment for their health issues. This
would result in poor health standards and poor quality of life for the people. The timely and
quality healthcare provided to the people will reduce the fiscal burden on the patients and
their families. The costs of the healthcare coverage are less than the benefits which the people
and the government get out of these services and insurances.
Comparing the Healthcare Systems of Australia and France
Healthcare is a very important part of a person’s life and most of the people want to get
insured for healthcare. The reason behind this is that a proper healthcare coverage helps the
people to get a timely treatment for their health issues as well as get it without pinching their
pockets. However, not all healthcare systems across nations or even within the same nation
provide similar coverage.
Public Private Partnerships in Australia
The healthcare system of Australia follows he hybrid model which provides healthcare based
on the Public Private Partnership (PPP). This system facilitates the health care of the citizens
as well as the refugees. They can utilise the healthcare from the private as well as the public
healthcare concerns. The main concept of a PPP is that the public agency comes into a
contract with the private agency, one of which can be a for profit and the other a not-for-
profit organisation, for providing healthcare services, equipment, facilities, etc (FASO, I. B.

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2016). In case of the PPPs the public officials or agencies come together with the private
service providers, civic groups, media, etc. in order to plan, implement and evaluate the
required healthcare services for the people of Australia. The PPPs are neither a national or
state system nor a service coming from privatisation of the healthcare sector.
Advantages of PPP
The main advantage of the PPP healthcare system is that it promotes adequate investment for
resource management in the public as well as the private sector. The public services which
used to be delayed earlier are now prompt (Osei-Kyei & Chan, 2015). People are getting
timely provision as well as good quality of services from the combined efforts of both the
sectors. The projects which are taken up under the PPP systems are implemented within the
due time and do not incur huge unwanted costs of execution. The private sectors put in their
expertise and the years of experience into the PPP projects making them a huge success. The
risk management is also properly planned and the people are well insured for all their
healthcare requirements (Delmon, 2017). The people get a priority treatment from the best
specialists under this system. The system provides a continuous flow in the healthcare. The
private sector health insurance transferability is also ensured under PPP.
Disadvantages of PPP
There are several disadvantages of the PPP system. This healthcare system requires
expensive services and infrastructure. The fiscal indicators of the public sector can be
affected by the PPP project payments out of the public sector funds (Sharma & Bindal, 2014).
The procurement of the PPP service takes a longer time. These are in fact much costlier than
the traditional procurement procedures. The major disadvantage of the PPP is that these
projects for healthcare are for a longer duration of time (Chou & Pramudawardhani, 2015).
The projects are more complicated and quite inflexible in nature. The other cons of the PPP
are the high cost of seeking healthcare services which are under the Non-Pharmaceutical
Benefit Scheme, the variation in the insurances of the private sector, the premium payment
inconsistency, etc.
The PPP can be of great advantage to the people of Australia if the initiatives are taken to
understand the suitability of a particular project which is implemented in the provided setup.
The PPP projects needs proper evaluation and apt selection understanding the needs of the
people. The projects which are initiated under the PPP must be analysed for understanding