ai activity activity add-circle add-circle add-document add-new-comment add-solid-circle add-solid-circle add-to-cart add-to-cart add-users add-users airplay alarm alarm-clock alert alert-drug alert-drug alert-outline-circle alert-outline-square alert-outline-square alert-qsen alert-qsen alert-safety alert-safety alert-solid-circle alert-solid-circle alert-solid-square alert-solid-square alert-tornado alert-tornado alert-unexpected-error alert-unexpected-error alert-unsupported-browser alert-unsupported-browser alignment app-store app-switcher app-switcher apple approve-document archive arrow-down arrow-left arrow-right arrow-stat-up arrow-stat-up arrow-up article-in-press assessment-activity assessment-activity assignments assignments audio-slides backspace bicycle binocular blueprint blueprint book bookmark bookmarkoff bookmarkoff bookmarkon bookmarkon books box bubble-chart bullseye business-man business-phone calculator calendar calendar-empty calendar-empty calendar-not-available calendar-not-available call-center camera camera-film card-collapse card-collapse card-expand card-expand carrot case-study case-study caution charge-battery check-clipboard checkmark checkmark chevron-down chevron-down chevron-left chevron-left chevron-right chevron-right chevron-up chevron-up circle circle circle-map-view citatonbench clinical-trial clinical-trial clock clockwise clockwise close close close-quotes cloud cloud-download cloud-upload clouds coffee coffee coffee-bean coffee-not-available coffee-not-available colander collapse collapse column-left column-middle column-right columns comb comment compare-saved-versions compass computer computer-mouse confirmation-outline-circle confirmation-outline-circle confirmation-solid-circle confirmation-solid-circle connection contract countries-edit countries country-edit couple-of-people create-bibliography credit-card crop crop cursor cycle-question cycle-question cycle-square cycle-square database delete-document directions discussion discussion doc doc-file document-check document-check document-checked document-checked document-csv document-csv document-new document-new document-not-available document-not-available down-left down-right download drag draw-structure-new draw-structure-new drop duplicate-document dvd-player ebook ebook ebook-reading ebook-reading edit edit education-history eject ellipsis ellipsis-open elsevier elsevier email empowering-knowledge empty-cart emtree-taxonomy-browser epub eraser exam exam exe-file expand expand-2 expand-2 export-document export-profile-orcid eye-care eye-not-visible eye-not-visible eye-visible eye-visible facebook facebook failed-outline-circle failed-outline-square failed-solid-circle failed-solid-square fast-forward fax feedback-excited feedback-excited feedback-happy feedback-happy feedback-meh feedback-meh feedback-sad feedback-sad female-face file file filter finger-point-up finger-point-up flag flip-tile flip-tile flowchart flowchart folder folder-in folder-out folder-solid folder-solid forbidden fork fountain-pen fully-charged gif-file globe globe google-play grid group-of-people group-of-researchers hand hand hard-drive heart heart heart-solid heart-solid help-outline-circle help-solid-circle high-battery home home-institution hospital hot hot-tea hy-hart idea in-progress in-progress inbox information-outline-circle information-outline-square information-solid-circle information-solid-square instagram instagram institution institution-edit institution-ranking institutions institutions-edit interactive-case-insights journal jpg-file jump-to-first jump-to-first jump-to-last jump-to-last key lab-skills lab-skills label laptop layers leaf lesson lesson line-charts link linkedin linkedin list loading location lock log-in log-out low-battery male-face man map-location mastodon mastodon matrix-view measuring-cup medical-cross medium-battery menu menu merge microphone microwave minus minus-circle minus-circle minus-solid-circle minus-solid-circle mobi-file mobi-file mobile-phone mobipocket molecular-models moon move moving-box moving-box-down moving-box-up mp3-file multiple-layers musical-note nav-collapse nav-collapse nav-expand nav-expand navigate neuroimagery neutral-face newspaper no-editing no-smoking non-solus non-solus not-started not-started note note notebook notifications-disabled office-building open-book open-folder open-hand-right open-quotes orange outbox paperclip pause-hollow pause-hollow pause-solid pause-solid pdf-alternative pdf-file performance performance performance-not-available performance-not-available person phone phone-disabled picture pie-chart pill pin pixel play-hollow play-hollow play-solid play-solid play-video plus png-file pointing-left-up pointing-right ppt-2 ppt-2 ppt-file ppt-file printer-2 publication-set publication-sets radiology rainbow rainbow-2 rar-file rationale rationale record redo redo remove-document repeat research-area research-area-edit research-areas research-areas-edit researcher researcher-profile-needs-action researcher-profile-updated retweet rewind rotate rotate rows ruler ruler ruler-rotate ruler-rotate save-file scale-down scale-up schedule schedule search search-document secondary-result selection-panel-add selection-panel-remove send settings share share-2 shopping-cart shuffle simulation-nursing simulation-nursing skills-checklist skills-checklist skip-back skip-forward smartphone sort-asc sort-asc sort-default sort-default sort-desc sort-desc sound-high sound-low sound-medium sound-off spinner spinner standard standard star star-solid star-solid statistics stats stethoscope stop stop-gesture stopwatch strawberry structure structure study study subject-name-subcategory suitcase sun syllabus syllabus sync tables tablet teddy-bear teddy-bear temperature text-file thumbs-down thumbs-up tornado trash twitter twitter txt-file txt-file undo undo unlink unlock up-left up-right upload upwards-line-chart usb vector video-camera view-author-documents virtual-microscope warning warning webcam wheelchair woman wrench writing x x x-axis xls-file xls-file y-axis youtube youtube zip-file zoom-in zoom-out
lms folder add youtube facebook instagram google-plus link linkedin twitter
cover image - Understanding the Australian Health Care System,5th Edition
ISBN: 9780729544825
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 11-27-2023
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $60.99

Understanding the Australian Health Care System, 5th Edition

by Louise Reynolds, Deborah Debono and Joanne Travaglia

Package

cover image - Understanding the Australian Health Care System,5th Edition
ISBN: 9780729544825
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 11-27-2023
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $60.99
In Stock
Important note
Please note
This item has low stock levels and may be back-ordered. We'll let you know if it is back-ordered, and you will not be charged until the item ships.
A sound understanding of Australia’s complex health system is essential for all health professionals who work and collaborate with others in delivering health care. The fifth edition of Understanding the Australian Health Care System provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the structure of the health system, its various functions and the various roles within it.
Logically structured and easy to follow, the resource covers aspects of health system structure and function, health insurance, the PBS, complementary and alternate medicine, current governmental and legislative changes, and comparison to other high-income countries. This overview places into context the 12 health professions and their roles, emphasising the importance of interprofessional practice.
Fully updated to reflect current policy, trends and environment, and how these impact on the health care system, practitioners and consumers, this book is an excellent resource for those undertaking health and medical undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
    • Updated to reflect current policy and health environment
    • Explores the roles of 12 health professions with a focus on inter-professional practice
    • Case studies and accompanying video interviews with practitioners and thought leaders bring theory to life
    • Test Bank to support learning
    • Full range of instructor resources on Evolve
    • Includes Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Understanding the Australian Health Care System 5e
    • Greater emphasis on interprofessional practice
    • Considerations of the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on health care delivery and workforce
    • New section on aged care, considering the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
    • New chapter on social work
    • Includes changing scope of practice of nurse practitioners, podiatry and occupational therapy
    • New sections on the regulation of paramedics with the introduction of Ahpra Paramedicine Board of Australia registration
  • 1. Understanding the Australian Health Care System: How to Use this Book (p.1)
    SECTION ONE: System Overview
    2. The Public Health Sector and Medicare (p.14)
    3. The Private Health Sector and Private Health
    Insurance (p.30)
    4. International Health Care Systems (p.41)
    5. Public Health in Australia (p.55)
    6. Primary Health Care in Australia (p.64)
    7. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (p.79)
    8. The Aged Care Sector: Residential and
    Community Care (p.89)
    9. Equity and Access: A Spotlight on
    Rural Health (p.100)
    10. Indigenous Health Systems and Services (p.114)
    11. Mental Health and Recovery-Oriented Mental
    Health Services (p.125)
    12. People Living with Disability: Navigating Support
    and Health Systems (p.138)
    13. Australian Workers’ Compensation Systems (p.150)
    14. The Complementary and Alternative Health Care
    System in Australia (p.163)
    15. Oral Health and Dental Services (p.175)
    16. Digital Health and the Divide (p.191)
    SECTION TWO: Health Professionals
    17. Australia’s Health Workforce (p.201)
    18. Clinical Exercise Physiology in the Australian
    Health Care System (p.214)
    19. Nutrition and Dietetics: Promoting Health for All
    Australians (p.225)
    20. Health Services Managers in the Australian
    Health Care System (p.237)
    21. The Medical Profession in Australia (p.248)
    22. Midwifery in Australia (p.258)
    23. Nursing in Australia (p.271)
    24. Occupational Therapy (p.282)
    25. Paramedicine and the Health Care System (p.292)
  • Louise Reynolds, Deborah Debono and Joanne Travaglia
In Stock
Important note
Please note
This item has low stock levels and may be back-ordered. We'll let you know if it is back-ordered, and you will not be charged until the item ships.