This report provides detailed information on the national response to the palliative care needs of Australians.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a major opportunity to deliver much-needed services and support for people with a range of disabilities. The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) supports the NDIS, especially given the bi-partisan commitment to increasing funding to support people with significant ongoing disabilities over the next few years. It is...

This guide provides an overview of Australia’s complex health system: what governments do, the role of private health insurance, how much we spend on health care, how Australian health outcomes compare internationally, the health care workforce and links to further information and resources.

INTRODUCTION: Health Libraries Inc (based in Victoria) and Health Libraries Australia (a national group of the Australian Library and Information Association) have collaborated to carry out this investigation into the return on investment of health library and information services in Australia. The partners commissioned award-winning firm SGS Economics and Planning to survey health libraries across...

Emergency department presentations increased by 4.0% on average each year between 2008-09 and 2012-13, this report finds. ow many emergency department presentations were there? More than 6.7 million emergency department presentations were reported by public hospital emergency departments in 2012-13, corresponding to just over 18,000 presentations each day. Emergency department presentations increased by 4.0% on...