Understanding the Australian Health Care System

Section 1 How Health Care is Organised in Australia1. Introduction to the Australian health care system2. The public health sector and Medicare3. The private health sector and private health insurance4. International health care systems5. Public health in Australia6. Primary health care systems and reforms7. The Health Workforce8. The Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme: recent trends and options for reform9. The aged care sector: residential and community care10. Rural health systems: spotlight on equity and access11. Indigenous health systems and services12. Organising care for the mentally ill in Australia13. People living with disability: navigating support and health systems14. Australian workers’ compensation systems (NEW!) 15. The complementary and alternative health care system in AustraliaSection 2 - Health professions in Australia 16. Oral health and dental services (NEW!) 17. Nursing in Australia 18. Midwifery: the profession in Australia19. The role of pre-hospital care and paramedics: the emerging professionalisation of urgent care 20. Nutrition and dietetics: promoting health for all Australians21. Health profession regulation: the case of physiotherapy22. Occupational therapy23. Clinical exercise physiology in the Australian health care system (NEW!) 24. Speech pathology and audiology: Assessment and intervention for communication impairment25. Health care managers in a changing system26. The pharmacist’s unique contribution to Australia’s health system (NEW!) 27. The medical profession in Australia Glossary Abbreviations References