Impact of Urbanization on Healthcare in Australia

Running head: HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION 1
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Introduction
The Australian healthcare sector is one of the best in the world when compared to the
care sectors that other countries have, especially the developing ones. However, there are several
issues that still need to be fixed in order for it to be the best in the globe. Some of these factors
include the high rate of urbanization, increased costs of care, and improper funding of the health
care. The Australian market is benefited with the availability of both the private and the public
sectors that aid in the funding of the care services but due to the perception that the health care
costs should be left for the market, the funding loses its way. This article will strictly focus on
the issue of the increased rate of urbanization that has increased the absence of proper care for
every person, the lack of enough resources, and the increased rates of suicides. As it is known to
every Australian, the higher the urbanization rate that we are experiencing comes with a cost as it
makes it difficult for the state to do planning for every family that is in the rise.
The search strategy
In order to come up with the relevant details on how the increased rate of urbanization
has affected us as Australians, I had to utilize a number of search engines specifically made for
the nursing profession so as to increase my efficiency. These search engines include the likes of
MedNets, the Hardin MD, Google Scholar, PubMed, Entrez, and eMedicine for the best results.
For instance, most articles used in this research work have been attained by Google Scholar as it
offers a wide range of peer-reviewed articles for the researchers. The keywords used in the
search for the relevant information included urbanization, Australian health sector, effects of
rapid urbanization, WHO on urbanization, and the dangers of poor health care.
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HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION 3
Since the essay has to strictly focus on the medical data that is available particularly for
the Australian people, the peer-reviewed data that was used in this research article was from the
medical journals. Every article that consisted of the data that was helpful in terms of the rate
urbanization has affected the healthcare sector of Australia was keenly used. Other articles that
supported the research with the data on the effect of urbanization in Australia were also put into
consideration. The external research was, in addition, conducted especially on the records
provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the proper and exact records of how
many people are affected by the rate of urbanization here in Australia. Since our country speaks
mostly in English, articles that had data in English were the only ones used. Those written in
Mandarin and Russian were never considered to be used. In addition to the external sources used
those data sources that redirected me to Wikipedia and Wikimedia were strictly canceled and
never utilized as they lack originality and uniqueness.
Summary evidence of the data sources used
From the research that was conducted, the following outcomes were attained. From
PubMed, it was evident that rapid urbanization results in poor delivery of healthcare to the
Australians for the following reasons. First of all, the high rate of people moving to the urban
centers results in the overutilization of resources that are limited by the high number of people
(Lambert, et. al., 2015). This is because the resources are limited meaning that they can only
satisfy the limited number of people if it is to last longer. However, too many people cause the
increase rate of utilization of this resource resulting in its scarcity over a very short period of
time (Shanahan, et. al., 2015). This fact has been the reason why the cost of living in the urban
centers is high compared to that in the upcountry.