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of obesity and alcohol is high. On the contrary, Germany is poorly performing in the risk
factors, and Italy is performing better in obese and alcohol; however, smoker rates and air
pollution is high. Access to care in the Australian health system is good as it covers
population with effective financial schemes and support. On the contrary, Italy is also
performing effectively in access to care along with Germany (oecd.org, 2019). The
Australian health system is lacking in primary care and safe prescribing comparing to
Germany, they are practicing safe prescribing. Italy is also performing low in safe
prescribing. The Australian health system has adequate resources, including health spending,
healthcare professionals that are similar to Germany; however, Italy is facing issues at a low
rate of practicing nursing professionals.
Challenges
As per oecd.org (2019), effective analysis based on performance indicators, the
Australian health system is better than Germany and Italy; however, there are some
limitations and challenges the health system is facing. The first challenge is poor primary
care service, and the Australian health system needs to invest in strengthening primary care
as it is the initial point of contact among care seekers and care providers. However, it is also
important to note that Australian acute health services are stronger. Also, they have a larger
share of budget allocation for primary care activities than most of the OECD countries.
However, the quality of primary care needs to be improved. Another major challenge that the
Australian health system is facing is the higher rate of obesity. It has been estimated that
around 65 percent of Australian adults are obese or overweight, along with 36 percent of
children are obese. Besides, it is also estimated that the rate of obesity would keep increasing
in the coming years. Thus, these obese may lead to many diseases such as strokes, heart
attacks, or diabetes. Therefore, the Australian health system needs to pay more attention to
reducing the rate of obesity. Although there are a multiple numbers of policies and

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