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SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S REORGANISATION OF COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICES
Author(s) -
Blackwell Jon
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1995.tb00165.x
Subject(s) - business , purchasing , regionalisation , health services , commission , metropolitan area , unit (ring theory) , economic growth , rural health , public health , rural area , health care , health policy , environmental health , nursing , medicine , political science , marketing , finance , population , mathematics education , mathematics , pathology , economics , law
The South Australian Health Commission is currently implementing the regionalisation of health services in country areas within a Funder Owner Purchaser Provider model. This arrangement is one of the first of its kind in Australia and is unique in that one organisation, the Country Health Purchasing Unit, is to be established with the responsibility of purchasing all health services for rural South Australians. Health services will be provided through seven rural regions, by public and private health providers in the Adelaide metropolitan area, and statewide services. This reorganisation of health services in South Australia is designed to bring about better co‐ordination and integration of rural health services and improvements in community participation and involvement in the provision of health services.