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Providing and financing aged care in Australia

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Ergas, Henry; Paolucci, Francesco

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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...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorErgas, Henry
dc.contributor.authorPaolucci, Francesco
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-01T00:10:41Z
dc.date.available2015-12-01T00:10:41Z
dc.identifier.issn1179-1594
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/16917
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.publisherDove Medical Press Ltd
dc.rights© 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.
dc.sourceRisk Management and Healthcare Policy
dc.subjectaged care
dc.subjectcommunity care
dc.subjectlong-term care
dc.subjectresidential care
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.titleProviding and financing aged care in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume4
dc.date.issued2011
local.identifier.absfor140208
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4102339xPUB20
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationErgas, Henry, Deloitte Economics Australia, Australia
local.contributor.affiliationPaolucci, Francesco, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, CMBE Research School of Population Health, Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health, The Australian National University
local.identifier.essn1179-1594
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage67
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage80
local.identifier.doi10.2147/RMHP.S16718
local.identifier.absseo920207
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:58:53Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84908622685
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