The current escalation in costs of Australia’s health care system does not appear to be sustainable. Sustainable financing requires direct engagement of consumers — instead of the current political process driven by special interest groups, targeted at gaining a larger share of the federal and state governments’ budgets. Reforms in the Netherlands, directed at achieving universal insurance with consumer choice of health fund, provide valuable lessons for Australia on how to design sustainable financing.

Johannes U Stoelwinder, Francesco Paolucci (2009). Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 191(1), 30-32.

Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands

PAOLUCCI, FRANCESCO
2009

Abstract

The current escalation in costs of Australia’s health care system does not appear to be sustainable. Sustainable financing requires direct engagement of consumers — instead of the current political process driven by special interest groups, targeted at gaining a larger share of the federal and state governments’ budgets. Reforms in the Netherlands, directed at achieving universal insurance with consumer choice of health fund, provide valuable lessons for Australia on how to design sustainable financing.
2009
Johannes U Stoelwinder, Francesco Paolucci (2009). Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 191(1), 30-32.
Johannes U Stoelwinder; Francesco Paolucci
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