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 …

Indicators of integrating oral health care within universal health coverage and general health care in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: a sco** review

YK Jashni, F Emari, M Morris, P Allison - BMC Oral Health, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently devoted special
attention to oral health and oral health care recommending the latter becoming part of …

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 …

Access to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis of income and user-access across 16 economically diverse countries

ZDV Abel, LSJ Roope, R Duch, PM Clarke - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background National health systems have different strengths and resilience levels. During
the COVID-19 pandemic, resources often had to be reallocated and this impacted the …

Decomposition of socioeconomic inequalities in catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure for healthcare in Canada

M Hajizadeh, S Pandey, MH Pulok - Health Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite a publicly financed health system for physician and hospital services, out-of-pocket
health expenditure (OHE) accounts for a significant proportion of healthcare financing in …

Does the immediate reimbursement of medical insurance reduce the socioeconomic inequality in health among the floating population? Evidence from China

W He - International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Enhancing health intervention for floating populations has become an essential
aspect of public health around the world. China launched a policy reform aimed at …

Estimating income-related and area-based inequalities in mental health among nationally representative adolescents in Australia: The concentration index approach

MI Islam, GM Ormsby, E Kabir, R Khanam - PLoS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Despite the awareness of the importance of mental health problems among adolescents in
developed countries like Australia, inequality has not been widely researched. This study, is …

Public purse, private service: The perceptions of public funding models of Australian independent speech-language pathologists

T Nickless, L Gold, R Dowell… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Health funding provisions supported by governments are pivotal for families
accessing independent speech-language pathology services in Australia. Little is known of …

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 …

Financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with head and neck cancer

J Smith, J Yu, LG Gordon, M Chilkuri - Current Oncology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aim: To quantify financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with HNC in Australia
and explore their relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A cross …