Legislation passed in 2001 enabled private health insurers to fund alternative models of health care delivery from their hospital tables, and claim against the reinsurance arrangements for these outreach services. This report reviews the operation of the legislation. Overall, the report finds that there appears to be ongoing support by all stakeholders for the concept...

This report provides background to the Draft National Primary Health Care Strategy as well as providing evidence to support future investment in, and reform of, the primary health care system. The report also examines key issues that were raised under the ten individual Elements of the National Primary Health Care Strategy discussion paper, Towards a...

This paper describes and seeks comment on legislative proposals to support the establishment and implementation of national healthcare identifiers and enhanced arrangements for the privacy of health information. E-Health All Australian governments recognise the potential benefits of changing how information is accessed and shared across the healthcare system through the use of electronic communication and...

This paper gives background information on the scheme, which provides a means for raising concerns about a service or the care being provided to elderly people receiving Australian government-subsidised aged care. The Australian Government has engaged Associate Professor Merrilyn Walton to conduct a review of the operation of the Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme. The...

This report provides a snapshot of Australian public and private hospital activity in 2007-08. As well as overview material the report includes four feature chapters. The first provides information about hospital reform directions agreed between the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments. The second provides information on the number and type of maternity services...