Private health system Australian Government

Running head: HEALTH CARE
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1HEALTH CARE
Australian health systems
Public health
system
Private health system
Australian Government is
responsible for:
Administering medicare
Funding health services and public
health hospitals
Funding prescription drugs
through PBS
Regulate private health insurance
Funding community controlled
primary health care
Arranging health services for
veterans (Department of Health
2019)
Owned and managed privately
such as private hospitals,
specialist medical and allied
health and pharmacies. It is
funded by combination of private
and government like:
Private health insurance
Government incentives on private
health insurance
Private health insurance
PBS
It covers:
Hospital treatment
General or ancillary treatment
that covers non-medical
services not covered by
Medicare
Emergency
It is subsidised by
government
It is part of the National
Medicine Policy
(Department of Health
2020)
The public
system
includes:
Public hospitals
Community
based service
Affiliated health
organization
Health care services
Health promotion:
Key activities
include governance,
health literacy and
population health
Examples include
cancer screening
programs and
immunization
programs
Primary health
services:
It consists of general
practice,, allied
services and
community health
services
These networks
coordinated with
GPs and hospitals
too
Specialist
services:
It consists of
services for
complex health
issues like
antenatal,
radiotherapy and
mental health
services
It is mainly referred
by primary health
care providers
Hospitals:
It provides acute
care and long term
care.
It is managed by
both public and
private sectors
(AIHW 2018)
Complementary and
alternative medicine
(CAM):
Use by two-third
Australians
The expenditure of
CAM exceeds
expenditure of PBS
It involves herbal as
well as practitioner
based therapies (von
Conrady and Bonney
2017)