TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustaining medicare through consumer choice of health funds
T2 - Lessons from the Netherlands
AU - Stoelwinder, Johannes U.
AU - Paolucci, Francesco
PY - 2009/7/6
Y1 - 2009/7/6
N2 - • 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.
AB - • 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=69249234756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02671.x
DO - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02671.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-729X
VL - 191
SP - 30
EP - 32
JO - Medical Journal of Australia
JF - Medical Journal of Australia
IS - 1
ER -