Australian Health Scheme: Analysis Report of the Australian Health Care

Running head: AUSTRALIAN HEALTH SCHEME 1
Australian Health Scheme
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Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................3
Analysis report of the Australian health care..............................................................................................4
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................4
Rate of medicine consumption................................................................................................................5
Consumption cost of the medicine..........................................................................................................7
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Executive summary
The paper closely discusses the progress and the current situation of the Australian health
care.it looks at the history of the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the steps it has made in
improving the health care of the people. Some of the most recent reports regarding the health of
people in Australia have also been highlighted. The report on how much the government has
invested in medication as well as the roles of public towards achieving a good health have been
explained in this paper. The government has enabled some stable and negotiable prices of the
medication in public hospitals. The government is doing everything through the PBS to address
the leading causes of deaths in Australia. The Australian government through the support
contribution to the private health sectors has shown a sense of coordination in the healthcare
system towards availing the medical services to his people. The paper includes the strategies laid
like introduction of PBS to ensure the best quality of healthcare is provided to the people at
affordable cost.

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Analysis report of the Australian health care
Introduction
The pharmaceutical benefits scheme is an initiative by the government of Australia that
makes the prescription medication accessible and cost-effective to the general public. The
pharmaceutical benefits scheme manages to make the medicine available to the people by
providing them at a subsidized prize.The thought of having a body that would regulate the kind
of medicine entering Australia and control their prices was first initiated in 1944. Some people
were against the idea; therefore, it was rejected by the law court. In 1948 PBS began it's under
many limitations. It restricted to ensuring the provision of free medication to the pensioners
(Robertson, Walkom, Bevan, & Newby (2013). Lifesaving medicines and approximately one
hundred and thirty-nine synthetic substitute drugs were made available to the general public. The
scheme got very strong in1953 when it was for the first time allowed to be under the national
health act. Until today the pharmaceutical benefits scheme is among the main components of
national medicine policy. In 1960 PBS restriction to some extent got withdrawn. It became an
all-encompassing scheme which was obligated to assess and allow different types of medication
gain access to Australian citizens. Two hundred and eleven million and above prescription had
been registered to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme for subsidizing by 2014. More than nine
billion dollars is the approximate total amount of money the medication cost the government of
Australia. The amount is averagely twenty-one percent of the total expenditure on health issues.