Description

At a time when ever more information is available about the quality of health care,
the challenge for policy makers is to better understand the policies and approaches
that sit behind the numbers. Australia is the latest country report in this OECD series
evaluating the quality of health care across countries - whether care is safe, effective
and responsive to patients' needs. OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality examine
what works and what does not work, both to benchmark the efforts of countries and
to provide advice on reforms to improve quality of health care. This series of individual
country reviews will be followed by a final summary report on the lessons learnt for
good policy practices.

Contents

Chapter 1. Quality of health care policies in Australia

Chapter 2. Strengthening primary health care in Australia

Chapter 3. The implementation of National Safety and Quality Standards in Australia's
health system

Chapter 4. Improving the quality of health care in rural and remote Australia