Strengthening Medicare to Improve Health Outcomes

Leanne Wells and Josephine Root

Australian Economic Review, 2015, vol. 48, issue 3, 298-304

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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.

Date: 2015
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