Features of the Australian Health Care System

Running head: FEATURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
FEATURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
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1FEATURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Answer 1
Sun smart health promotion program is the Australian health promotional campaign of
which, the primary aim is to reduce the incidences related to skin cancer and decrease the
morbidity and mortality rates. This program was commenced by the joint venture of cancer
council Victoria and Victorian health promotional foundation in the year 1988 (Sun Smart
program, 2018). Nowadays, Sun smart has been evolved as a multifaceted program and provides
guidance against ultraviolet radiation. The promotional program was spread to each territory of
Australia and due to its deeper reach, the World Health Organization also collaborated with the
sunshine organization in 2004. The two principles of primary healthcare that the sunshine used
were:
 Educating the people regarding skin cancer and providing them with the idea
related to prevention or control of such issue.
 They also provided them with effective diet and nutrition suggestions to control
the skin cancer (Sun Smart program, 2018).
Answer 2
Advantages
 Financially it helps the people of Australia by covering 100 % of the fees of big
and quality healthcare professionals and allows the people with low socio-
economic status to avail quality healthcare.
 It also helps to lower the cost of costly lifesaving drugs and provides the low SES
people to use such drugs for their health improvement (Meadows et al., 2015).

2FEATURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Disadvantages
 These benefits of Australian Medicare are not valid, if the patient seeks healthcare
assistance in abroad and a country of which healthcare system differs from
Australia, thereby it limits the reach of Medicare facility to a broader section that
seeks medical help in abroad.
 It has been seen that healthcare facilities that provide Medicare covering are
failed to provide quality care to the patients, therefore, the bigger disadvantage of
Medicare is not being able to provide quality healthcare to the patients. Thereby,
promoting inequality in the system (Nicholson et al., 2012).
Answer 3
Three health related needs for Marcus will be –
 Seeking a healthcare expert’s assistance so that his diabetic condition can be
controlled. Nicholson et al. (2012) mentions that hyperglycemia condition can be
treated with diet and exercise for a temporary time period, after which medication
is required.
 The second need will be registering his name in the Medicare system so that if
requires, he could access healthcare service using that Medicare system.
 To stop his smoking habit, he will be provided with rehabilitation care so that his
smoking habit do not affect his diabetic condition by increasing it.
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