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How much do we spend on health? Snippets from Australia's Health 2012
Funding of health care in AustraliaHealth care used to mean that it focused purely on the curative rather than preventative approaches. It focused solely on the Doctor - patient relationship.
This approach has shifted due to a change in emphasis towards preventative health. However, curative health still remains the main health expenditure in Australia's health spending. There must always remain a delicate BALANCE between preventative and curative medicine, but as you read these snippets from the AIHW, ask yourself:- if we spend a dollar preventing a chronic illness or disease, how much do we save down the track? |