Providing and financing aged care in Australia

This article focuses on the provision and financing of aged care in Australia. Demand for aged care will increase substantially as a result of population aging, with the number of Australians aged 85 and over projected to increase from 400,000 in 2010 to over 1.8 million in 2051. Meeting this demand...

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Autores principales: Ergas, Henry, Paolucci, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22312229
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S16718
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description This article focuses on the provision and financing of aged care in Australia. Demand for aged care will increase substantially as a result of population aging, with the number of Australians aged 85 and over projected to increase from 400,000 in 2010 to over 1.8 million in 2051. Meeting this demand will greatly strain the current system, and makes it important to exploit opportunities for increased efficiency. A move to greater beneficiary co-payments is also likely, though its extent may depend on whether aged care insurance and other forms of pre-payment can develop.
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spelling pubmed-32709282012-02-06 Providing and financing aged care in Australia Ergas, Henry Paolucci, Francesco Risk Manag Healthc Policy Original Research This article focuses on the provision and financing of aged care in Australia. Demand for aged care will increase substantially as a result of population aging, with the number of Australians aged 85 and over projected to increase from 400,000 in 2010 to over 1.8 million in 2051. Meeting this demand will greatly strain the current system, and makes it important to exploit opportunities for increased efficiency. A move to greater beneficiary co-payments is also likely, though its extent may depend on whether aged care insurance and other forms of pre-payment can develop. Dove Medical Press 2011-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3270928/ /pubmed/22312229 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S16718 Text en © 2011 Ergas and Paolucci, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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