By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Nursing Home & Elder Business Week -- Investigators publish new report on Medicare and Medicaid - Medicare. According to news reporting originating from Carlton, Australia, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The design of Australia’s Medicare programme was based on the Canadian scheme, adapted somewhat to take account of differences in the constitutional division of powers in the two countries and differences in history. The key elements are very similar: access to hospital services without charge being the core similarity, universal coverage for necessary medical services, albeit with a variable co-payment in Australia, the other.”
Our news editors obtained a quote from the research, “But there are significant differences between the two countries in health programmes -whether or not they are labelled as ‘Medicare’. This paper discusses four areas where Canada could potentially learn from Australia in a positive way. First, Australia has had a national Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for almost 70 years. Second, there have been hesitant extensions to Australia’s Medicare to address the increasing prevalence of people with chronic conditions -extensions which include some payments for allied health professionals, ‘care coordination’ payments, and exploration of ‘health care homes’. Third, Australia has a much more extensive system of support for older people to live in their homes or to move into supported residential care. Fourth, Australia has gone further in driving efficiency in the hospital sector than has Canada.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Finally, the paper examines aspects of the Australian health care system that Canada should avoid, including the very high level of out-of-pocket costs, and the role of private acute inpatient provision.”
For more information on this research see: Expanding the breadth of Medicare: learning from Australia. Health Economics, Policy, and Law , 2018;():1-25.
The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133117000421. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-02-11), New Findings Reported from S. Duckett and Co-Authors Describe Advances in Medicare (Expanding the breadth of Medicare: learning from Australia), Nursing Home & Elder Business Week, 89, ISSN: 1552-2571, BUTTER® ID: 015090419
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