AUSTRALIA

Alexander S. Preker

Chapter 6 in Financing Universal Access to Healthcare:A Comparative Review of Landmark Legislative Health Reforms in the OECD, 2018, pp 219-253 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Historical ContextColonial Government Health ServicesDoctors and Pre-paid Health CareRoyal Commission on National Insurance of 1923National Health and Pensions Insurance Act of 1938National Health Services Act of 1948Earle Page Voluntary Insurance of 1953Landmark Legislative ReformsCommittee of Inquiry into Health Insurance of 1968Scotton–Deeble Compulsory Insurance Plan of 1969Whitlam Labor Government of 1972Medibank IContinued Policy Reform ProcessEarle Page RevisitedMedicare of 1984Major Policy Reforms in Australia Since the 1980sEndnotes

Keywords: Universal; Health Financing; Health Insurance; Health Reform; Financial Protection; Political Process; Healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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