Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1983-1993
The Hawke Government, Medicare & The NSW Doctors" Dispute 1983-1993 Labor's shadow Health Minister Neal Blewett outlined the Party's health policy in February in 1983. In March the Hawke Labor government was elected claiming a mandate for a new universal health...
Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1975-1983
The Fraser Period 1975-1983 Medibank Dismantled Stagflation was continuing. Government emphasis turned to controlling expenditure The Fraser government believed health costs were being pushed up inexorably. Federal government's focus turned to the reduction of public...
Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1972-1975
The Whitlam Period 1972-1975 Short-lived Medibank The first two years of the Whitlam government were economically buoyant. New welfare programs were introduced and expanded. Then the effects of the oil shocks began to register. Labor's Medibank was a comprehensive,...
Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1968-1972
Drive For Compulsory Universal Health Insurance 1968 -1972 The Rise of the Health Economists Existing ideas and schemes for making health services more available and affordable to the bulk of the population were proving unsatisfactory. Heath costs and government...
Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1949-1968
The Menzies Era.1949 - 1968The Senate Select Committee on Medical and Hospital Costs Health strategy under Menzies-style governments moved sharply back from war time Labor's nationalised British-style health model. But Commonwealth welfare and re-distributive...
Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1941-1949
WWII Labor Government1941-1949A Nationalised Health System? This was to be the first time that a nationalised health system with a salaried medical service was proposed by government. Previously, a national insurance scheme was the main line of thought. From this time...
Funding the Medical Profession Australia 1900-1939
From Federation to World War II Growth of Hospitals 1901 - 1939 This was a period of growth in social welfare sentiment and government action along Deakinite liberal and social democratic lines. This was accompanied by a growth in bureaucratic agencies to administer...
Funding The Medical Profession Australia 1788-1900
Section: First Settlement to Federation 1788 - 1901 During the eleven decades from First Fleet to Federation, many of the embryonic elements of Australia's current health system were established. The basic roles of civil society, the medical professions and government...
Health Funding and Medical Professionalism
TITLE Health Funding and Medical Professionalism - A short historical survey of the relationship between government and the medical profession in Australia Publication Status 1 (1st published 2000, Published on AAMS December 2000) Bob Browning BA Freelance writer,...