Australian health system and its value to China's health reform and development
Australian health system and its value to China's health reform and development
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澳大利亚卫生体系及其对中国卫生改革和发展的价值
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2008
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Liu Zhi
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Liu Zhi
Objective To study the system and history of Australian health care. To discuss and solve specific problems in the reform of Chinese health system. Methods Analysis of Australian national health system’s main features of the system, sources of health investments, distributions of health expenditure. Compared with current Chinese health system, problems and barriers of Chinese system reform will be analyzed, and then practical solutions will be discussed. Results Australian government investment in health service is far more than China. The national and state government take major financial responsibilities. The geographic distribution of medical institution is relatively reasonable. Results system of transferring between GP and hospitals is perfect. On the contrary, Chinese government investment in medical service is unbalanced. Allocation of health resources is fragmented and based on institution-oriented approach. All these problems are closely related to poorly regulated governance, especially insufficient guidance and supervision conducted by health departments. Medical institutions pursuit of profit in context of market institution introduced and previous planning/government intervention significantly reduced. Conclusion China is supposed to conduct the health reform through following aspects: (1)To improve health resource allocation through people-centred approach and focusing allocative efficiency. A two-way "gate-keeper" referral system should be formed and strengthened, based on sufficient information support and stakeholder analysis. (2)Health service provision system should be rationalized and health responsibility should be fairly shared among governments, communities, and individuals. National health insurance and its universal coverage should be improved.