VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 16, 2024 (Globe Newswire) — Although Australia spends a slightly lower share of its economy on universal health care, it consistently outperforms Canada on key health indicators. And new research released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada's independent, non-partisan public policy think tank, shows that universal health care is delivered differently by incorporating a greater role for private hospitals. There was found.
“Australia and Canada are very similar in many ways. Both are high-income Western countries with universal healthcare, but unlike Canada, private hospitals play a fundamental role in Australia's universal healthcare framework. Mackenzie Moir, policy analyst at the Fraser Institute and co-author of “Health Care for All.'' The role of private hospitals in Australia's universal healthcare system.
The study found that in 2021/22, the latest year of comparable data, the role of private hospitals in Australia's universal healthcare system rose from 41.0 per cent of all hospital care to 70.3 per cent of all non-emergency hospital care. It was found that the range was Those that involve surgery.
In fact, in 2016 (the most recent year for comparable data), 48.5 per cent of Australian hospitals were private hospitals.
Overall, patients in Australia experience shorter wait times than in Canada. In 2020, 54% of Australians waited less than four weeks to see a specialist, compared to just 38% of Canadians. Also, in Australia, 72% of patients waited for non-urgent surgery within 4 months, while in Canada, only 62% of patients received treatment within that period.
“We understand that other countries deliver universal health care differently and often with better outcomes,” said Bacchus Barua, director of health policy research at the Fraser Institute and co-author of the study. It's important for Canadians to do that.”
“Australia is showing that working with the private sector to achieve universal health coverage is possible and, indeed, is a well-documented feature of universal health care systems around the world.”
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