A Health Outcomes Resource Standard (HORSt) for Australian State Public Health Funding Distributions
Year
2019
Degree Name
Doctor of Business Administration
Department
Sydney Business School
Abstract
Australia is a federation with a mixed private-public system. Public hospitals and community health care are the responsibility of states and territories. Private fee-for-service clinicians and pharmaceuticals is subsidised by the Commonwealth government via the Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). As with other countries, issues of efficiency and equity are key considerations, with equity issues in Australia confounded by large geographical area and population distribution.
Recommended Citation
Slater, John, A Health Outcomes Resource Standard (HORSt) for Australian State Public Health Funding Distributions, Doctor of Business Administration thesis, Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, 2019. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/820
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.