Understanding the Australian Health Care System
Understanding the Australian Health Care System

Author: Helen Keleher

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2008-10-30

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0729578615

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The text provides an overview of the Australian Health Care System at a level suitable for 1st year undergraduate students. It describes the 'architecture' of the system and its key components (public hospital sector, private hospital and health insurance, GPs and primary care, community health, public health), some of the things that shape the system and introduces key concepts that underpin it such as the idea of the welfare state or a universal health system.

Aged Care
Aged Care

Author: Diane Gibson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-01-28

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780521559577

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The ageing of the population is a demographic phenomenon, a social problem and a policy issue. The increase in the numbers of aged and in the costs of supporting and caring for them have also brought increases in family care, in deinstitutionalisation of aged care services and in issues of quality and outcomes of care and consumer rights. The growing recognition of the feminisation of ageing also has significant social and policy consequences. In this 1998 book, Diane Gibson synthesises a wide range of material to provide an overview of these issues and policy responses worldwide. The book then looks in-depth at Australia, a country typical in the problems it faces, and a world leader in many of its solutions. Gibson also offers a more conceptual examination of theoretical implications and practical consequences. She elucidates debates in ways which will set new standards for aged care policy and practice worldwide.

Health Care Financial Management
Health Care Financial Management

Author: Mary Denise Courtney

Publisher: Elsevier Australia

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780729537452

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Explains the fundamentals of financial management in a health care environment in jargon free language and provides an accessible overview of key aspects, focussing on services across Australia. Mary Courtney from QUT and David Briggs from Uni of New England.

Promoting Independence for Older Persons with Disabilities
Promoting Independence for Older Persons with Disabilities

Author: William Charles Mann

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1586035878

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The focus of these papers, is on maintaining independence and active participation in family and community activities. As we age, we face chronic health conditions that have the potential to negatively impact our independence. By using technology (smart homes, robotics, telehealth, other assistive devices), maintaining our mobility, and preventing injuries we can offset much or all of the disabling effects of chronic health conditions.

Health Care Reform
Health Care Reform

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13:

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Patient Safety and Quality
Patient Safety and Quality

Author: Ronda Hughes

Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/