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Strengthening Medicare to Improve Health Outcomes

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  • Leanne Wells
  • Josephine Root

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type="main" xml:lang="en"> Medicare is fundamental to Australia's universal health system but has not evolved sufficiently to meet changing health needs, particularly for people with chronic diseases. The identified areas for change include blended payments, voluntary enrolment, improving access to a greater range of services and improving links across the health system. The need for more flexible approaches to funding to help address health inequities is also canvassed. Medicare should only fund services that are effective and efficient and it has not kept up with improvements in care and technology.

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  • Leanne Wells & Josephine Root, 2015. "Strengthening Medicare to Improve Health Outcomes," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 48(3), pages 298-304, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ausecr:v:48:y:2015:i:3:p:298-304
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    1. Rafat Hussain & Stuart Wark & Peta Ryan, 2018. "Caregiving, Employment and Social Isolation: Challenges for Rural Carers in Australia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-15, October.

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