Challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia since 2000

MR Angeles, P Crosland… - Medical Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To identify the financing and policy challenges for Medicare and universal health
care in Australia, as well as opportunities for whole‐of‐system strengthening. Study design …

Equity in the use of physician services in Canada's universal health system: A longitudinal analysis of older adults

MH Pulok, M Hajizadeh - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents longitudinal evidence on the trends and determinants of income-related
inequities in general practitioner (GP), specialist, and any physician visits among older …

Horizontal inequity in the utilisation of healthcare services in Australia

MH Pulok, K van Gool, J Hall - Health Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The Australian universal healthcare system aims to ensure affordable and equitable use of
healthcare services based on individual health needs. This paper presents empirical …

Not so universal: how to reduce out-of-pocket healthcare payments

S Duckett, A Stobart, L Lin - 2022 - policycommons.net
Australia's universal health insurance scheme, Medicare, is designed to make healthcare
available to all, no matter how wealthy or poor. And mostly, it achieves this goal. Public …

Inequity in psychiatric healthcare use in Australia

R Hashmi, K Alam, J Gow, K Alam, S March - Social psychiatry and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite recent substantial mental healthcare reforms to increase the supply of
healthcare, mental health inequality in Australia is rising. Understanding of the level of …

Does use of GP and specialist services vary across areas and according to individual socioeconomic position? A multilevel analysis using linked data in Australia

DC Butler, S Larkins, L Jorm, RJ Korda - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Timely access to primary care and supporting specialist care relative to need is
essential for health equity. However, use of services can vary according to an individual's …

The link between out-of-pocket costs and inequality in specialist care in Australia

MH Pulok, K van Gool, J Hall - Australian Health Review, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Objective Out-of-pocket (OOP) costs could act as a potential barrier to accessing specialist
services, particularly among low-income patients. The aim of this study is to examine the link …

[HTML][HTML] Healthcare inequity arising from unequal response to need in the older (45+ years) population of India: Analysis of nationally representative data

SK Mohanty, J Khan, S Maiti, F Kämpfen… - Social Science & …, 2025 - Elsevier
Given the large and growing number of older (45+ years) people in India, inequitable access
to healthcare in this population would slow global progress toward universal health …

The relationship between region of residence, socio-demographic factors, and healthcare utilization among Saudi citizens: insights from the 2013 Saudi Health …

M Aljohani, M Donnelly, I Al Sumaih, C O'Neill - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background There is a dearth of research on the nature and extent of variation in patterns of
health service use in Saudi Arabia. This is an important gap in knowledge, given ongoing …

Socioeconomic inequity in the utilization of healthcare among people with eating disorders in Australia

M Ahmed, S Maguire, KM Dann, F Scheneuer… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundLittle is known about socioeconomic equity in access to healthcare among
people with eating disorders in Australia. This study aims to measure the extent of inequity in …