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The Coordination of Welfare and Health Services in Australia
Author(s) -
Duckett S. J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1977.tb00600.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , welfare , publishing , task (project management) , task force , categorical variable , health services , social welfare , public relations , business , political science , medicine , management , public administration , economics , environmental health , computer science , law , population , machine learning
The report of the Task Force on Coordination in Welfare and Health (Bailey Report) is the most important single report on the organization of health and welfare services since the first Medibank Green Paper. It provides for the collapsing of a plethora of categorical grants into four broad ‘programme grants’. The effects of this report will be felt by most health and welfare organizations. It is the purpose of the article to review the main recommendations of the Task Force and of the related Report from the Committee on the Aged and the Infirm.