Better Access Scheme Australia Research Paper 2022

Running head: BETTER ACCESS SCHEME
BETTER ACCESS SCHEME
Name of Student
Name of the University
Author Note

BETTER ACCESS SCHEME1
Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Discussion............................................................................................................................2
Analysis of the success of the scheme in remote and rural areas....................................2
Analysis of the failure of the policy in the remote and rural areas..................................3
Learning from the success and failure of the better access scheme for the people of the
remote and rural areas..................................................................................................................4
Recommendations for improving the better access program..........................................5
To have a regular check on the co-payments rates......................................................5
To overcome inequality in treatment by motivating the practitioner to provide more
services in the remote and rural areas......................................................................................5
To provide training to the practitioners for making use of innovative practice models
.................................................................................................................................................5
Recommendations for improving the Australian health care system..............................5
Future of heath care system and future of the better access programs............................6
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................6
References............................................................................................................................7

BETTER ACCESS SCHEME2
Introduction
The main aim of the mental programs is to prevent problems related to mental health
andfor promoting mental wellness. Therefore the mental health programs can help in improving
the emotional and social health of the patients (Cartes-Velasquez, 2017). It can also help in
recognizing if people are at risk of experiencing various mental health issues. In Australia the
better access scheme was started with the objective of providing the health care patients better
access to health care with the help of professional and team based approaches. The patient
receive the benefits provided by Medicare from the general practitioner, psychiatrist, registered
psychologist and similar others (Emery & Zheng, 2018). The main aim of the paper is to evaluate
the success and the failure of the better access scheme and make recommendations based on the
same (Galletly, 2019). The paper will discuss about the success of the scheme in remote and
rural areas, its failure in those areas, learning from the same, recommendations for improving the
same, recommendations for improving the Australian health care system and also discuss about
the future of the Australian health care system and the better access program.
Discussion
Analysis of the success of the scheme in remote and rural areas
Various researches have been conducted in order to measure the success of the better
access scheme in remote and rural areas. The researches aimed at understanding the access of the
programs for older people, younger people in the rural and remote areas and also for
understanding the reach of the program for high socio-economic disadvantage areas (Haase,
2016). The researches have shown that there has been differences in the uptake of the medical
care provided by the programs on the basis of geographic region, age and also socio-economic